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Supreme Court lets vaccine mandate stand, tosses rulings on guns, abortion

Updated June 30, 2022 at 7:03 p.m. EDT|Published June 30, 2022 at 12:43 p.m. EDT
A patient receives the coronavirus vaccine in Los Angeles in March 2021. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)
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Over the objection of three justices, the Supreme Court on Thursday left in place New York’s coronavirus vaccine requirement for health-care workers that drew a challenge over its lack of a religious exemption.

The court’s order came on the final day of its term, as the justices also announced their final decisions and what additional cases they will review when the court reconvenes in October. Notably, they declined to hear arguments related to significant rulings this month that eliminate the nationwide right to abortion and expand the right to carry firearms in public.