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The Supreme Court refused to block Maine's coronavirus vaccine mandate for health care workers. Several had sued on religious grounds.

Friday, October 29, 2021 6:09 PM EST

As is the court's custom in rulings on emergency applications, its brief order gave no reasons.

But three conservative members of the court — Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito Jr. and Neil Gorsuch — issued a lengthy dissent, saying the majority had gone badly astray.

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