Supreme Court Declines to Stop COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Maine Health Workers

Seated from left: Associate Justice Samuel Alito, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, standing from left: Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch and Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett pose during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington on April 23, 2021. Erin Schaff/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to stop a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for Maine healthcare workers, continuing a trend where the high court has declined to hear challenges in other regions.

Justice Stephen Breyer, who rejected the emergency appeal, left the door open for opponents of vaccine mandates to try again.  Maine will now start enforcing its vaccine mandate on Oct. 29.