Lawyers arguing against Biden vaccine mandates test positive for COVID

[CatWoman]

Two state lawyers arguing against the Biden administration's vaccine mandates in front of the Supreme Court on Friday have tested positive for COVID and are presenting their cases remotely, state officials confirmed Friday.

Why it matters: It is the first time attorneys are arguing remotely in front of the court since in-person oral arguments returned in October, according to Bloomberg Law.

The two state lawyers, Ohio solicitor general Benjamin Flowers and Louisiana solicitor general Elizabeth Murrill, are arguing against the mandates over the phone.

Flowers is vaccinated and boosted and initially tested positive after Christmas, according to a statement from the Ohio attorney general's office. A PCR test taken Thursday detected the virus.

Murrill is arguing remotely "in accordance with the COVID protocols of the Court," the Louisiana attorney general's office said.

https://www.axios.com/supreme-court-lawyers-vaccine-mandate-covid-faab14c2-2ede-43ec-8778-ce54abe1156e.html

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1. You can't make this sh*t up

I mean if this was a movie it would be dismissed as ridiculously implausible.

Right-wingers have gotten completely surreal.

[aeromanKC]

2. Karma

[leftstreet]

3. I don't think this is the gotcha people think it is

Vaxxed, boosted, and still managed to get infected

[ProfessorGAC]

4. Their Argument Might Be...

..."I got vaxxed and it wasn't mandated. I just did it. So, mandates aren't necessary."
Might actually add impetus to their position.

[leftstreet]

5. Arguing for a mandated shot that doesn't prevent transmission

you'd wanna really hope everyone in the courtroom who was vaxxed didn't have it

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Absolutely!

It hurts the cause a bit.
Not completely convinced that will weigh much on an issue of constitutional law. But, even a little could be bad.

[empedocles]

8. . . . but some irony here

[FakeNoose]

6. I can just hear Joe Biden right now

Obviously the SCOTUS won't allow these guys anywhere near them!