Some lawyers and law professors immersed in the small-but-often-passionate field of vaccine law are pushing back against a New York State Bar Association Health Law Section report that has called for mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all Americans, including for those who won’t want the vaccinations for “religious, philosophical or personal reasons.”

Ranging from criticism of the bar association group’s interpretation of constitutional-based case law on state police powers to distinguishing between how certain case law may be applied to children versus adults, the lawyers and law professors make their case, as did the bar association group in its report, largely by citing case law and using legal argument.

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