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Fired NYC Teachers Are Rejected by Supreme Court in Covid Vaccine Case

Demonstrators rally in support of teachers fighting enforcement of the vaccine mandate for public school employees in New York, in Oct. 2021.Photographer: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
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The U.S. Supreme Court turned away four public-school teachers who said New York City violated their constitutional rights by firing them or putting them on unpaid leave for refusing to get Covid-19 vaccinations.

The justices made no comment in rejecting the teachers’ appeal, which challenged the city’s vaccine mandate for its 148,000 employees. The same group of teachers failed last year to block the policy before it took effect.