Jacobson v. Massachusetts – California Globe

Does Transmission Still Matter for Mandates? The Ninth Circuit Doesn’t Think So

October 14, 2025 11:30 amOctober 14, 2025 11:30 am

For more than a century, the government’s claimed power to coerce medical intervention rested on a single premise: protecting others. That was the logic of Jacobson v. Massachusetts (1905), which upheld a $5 fine for refusing a smallpox vaccine. Even...

Florida is Right to End Vaccine Mandates; Now Every State Should Follow

October 8, 2025 3:30 amOctober 8, 2025 3:31 am

When Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and Governor Ron DeSantis announced plans to eliminate vaccine mandates across the state—some through administrative rule changes, others through future legislative action—they did more than propose new policy. They reminded the nation that the...

Ninth Circuit Court Violates its Own Rules; Overturns its 3-Judge Panel’s Decision on LAUSD Covid Vax Mandate

September 6, 2025 8:38 amSeptember 8, 2025 12:13 pm

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals just delivered a decision in a multi-year Covid-vaccine mandates case that lowered the bar on legal decisions, violated 120 years of juris prudence, misinterpreted Jacobson v. Massachusetts, a Supreme Court case from 1905 about...