Federal Appeals Court Rules on Maine COVID Vaccine Mandate

Attendees held signs calling for medical choice at the kickoff rally for the northeast convoy to D.C. at an I95 service area in Kennebunkport, Maine, on March 2, 2022.Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images

A recent court ruling on Maine’s COVID vaccine mandate for healthcare workers is seen by some vaccine choice advocates as the latest sign that medical freedom is becoming a sanctified constitutional right in America.

In a 3-0 ruling, the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled (pdf) on Wednesday that Maine District Judge John Levy erred in dismissing a First Amendment and Equal Protection claim brought against the state by a group of healthcare for refusing to consider religious exemptions from the COVID vaccine mandate.