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US Supreme Court upholds state power to enforce compulsory vaccination (1905)

by generalpass on 5/18/20, 5:05 PM with 5 comments

  • by s1artibartfast on 5/18/20, 8:19 PM

    Interesting line drawn by the ruling. The government can enforce consequences but not forcibly vaccinate.

    >Justice John Marshall Harlan delivered the decision for a 7-2 majority. He rejected Jacobson's claim that the Fourteenth Amendment gave him the right to refuse vaccination. Harlan deemed that the Massachusetts state punishment of a fine or imprisonment on those who refused vaccines was acceptable, but those individuals could not be forcibly vaccinated.

  • by Fjolsvith on 5/19/20, 6:54 PM

    If you can show you have the antibody response, you might be able to argue that you've had the vaccination.