Excerpt from Simon Black's article in Sovereign Man""Now, I’m not going to opine on the legality of the OSHA order. I think it’s an absurd perversion of government power, but I have no say in the matter. Ultimately, it’s for the Supreme Court to decide.
But they should decide. In fact, it’s their solemn duty to decide whether OSHA has the authority to require vaccines in the workplace.
This is the fundamental issue. It’s not even a question of whether the mandate is a good idea, or whether they think OSHA is trying to save lives. Those points are irrelevant.
The court’s responsibility is to determine whether the order is legal, whether OSHA is following the law and the Constitution.Sadly, that’s not what happened on Friday.
I listened to the entire 4+ hours of audio over the weekend, and frankly some of the Justices’ remarks were simply ridiculous.
First, it’s worth pointing out that everyone in the room had to produce a negative COVID test before being allowed to enter. Everyone present was double vaccinated, and most were boosted. And almost everyone was wearing a mask.
Yet Justice Sotomayor still refused to be in the room. She phoned it in from her private office down the hall.
Clearly it doesn’t matter what protocols are in place; this person has chosen to be terrified no matter what. And unsurprisingly her remarks smacked of fear, paranoia, and ignorance.
Sotomayor stated that, for example, that “over 100,000” children are in serious condition, i.e. hospitalized, “many on ventilators”.
This is 100% patently false. Even the CDC had to refute her comments.
Nevertheless, Sotomayor thinks that the OSHA mandate is a great idea and will save lives. Therefore, she seems to have no problem with it, regardless of the legality.She even concluded that since Congress isn’t willing to pass a law requiring a nationwide vaccine mandate, that OSHA should do it.
Similarly, Justice Breyer was practically exasperated in citing all the death statistics and case numbers, and wondered how in the world could anyone possibly be against the OSHA order?
Justice Kagan chimed in stating that “we all know” that OSHA has put forth “the best policy”. Apparently, she speaks for all of us.
These are all extraordinary comments. And their general nature was that these Justices like the OSHA mandate, therefore they’re in favor of it.
This is a gross, despicable violation of their most sacred responsibility.
Their personal opinion about the OSHA order is not relevant. The only thing that matters is whether or not it’s legal.But they seem to be completely ignoring that central question, and are instead
attempting to insert their personal fears into public health policy.The Supreme Court may likely end up ruling against the mandate. But the fact that so many Justices are
ignoring the Rule of Law in this case is another terrible sign of a superpower in decline."
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2022-01-10/last-friday-was-supreme-example-superpower-decline