Acting on an Emergency Application to the U.S. Supreme Court filed by a group of New York City teachers, Justice Sotomayor, in Keil v. City of New York, (Sup.Ct., Feb. 11, 2022) refused to enjoin the dismissal of teachers with religious objections who refused to comply with the City's COVID vaccine mandate. The Second Circuit had held that the process for determining whether a teacher or administrator is entitled to a religious exemption is unconstitutional. However, it allowed the school system two weeks to reconsider the applications by the named plaintiffs for religious exemptions. (See prior posting). After reconsideration, the City granted only one of the 14 plaintiffs an exemption. New York Times reports on the decision.
