The case is not over. The plaintiffs have 90 days from the August ruling to petition the Supreme Court — a deadline that falls in November 2025. Whether the justices take it could determine if the last guardrail on state power over the human body survives, or if Jacobson becomes a permanent blank check.
A Lie at the Foundation
This judicial surrender of scrutiny might be less alarming if public-health authorities had acted in good faith. They did not. Americans were told the COVID vaccines would “stop infection and transmission.” President Biden declared, “You’re not going to get COVID if you have these vaccinations.” That was never true. The FDA’s own Emergency Use Authorizations acknowledged the shots hadn’t been tested for their ability to block transmission. Manufacturers later confirmed as much under oath abroad.
Those false claims built the mandate regime that fired employees, expelled students, and divided society — yet even after it became undeniable the vaccinated could still spread the virus, courts clung to Jacobson.
That is not how constitutional government works. The state bears the burden to justify intrusions on fundamental rights.
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