1905 Supreme Court case did NOT allow for forced vaccination against smallpox

  • 1905 Supreme Court case did NOT allow for forced vaccination against smallpox

    Posted by Karen on November 10, 2021 at 3:27 pm

    <div>I learned something new today regarding the oft-cited Jacobson vs. Massachusetts Supreme Court case that supposedly upheld forced vaccination for smallpox. I was under the impression the Supreme Court ruled Jacobson HAD to be vaccinated. From what I read, AND I AM NOT A LAWYER, that is not the case. “When the guy, Spencer, came to Jacobson to try and get him to take the vaccine, Jacobson refused it. Spencer then did what the law allowed him to do: He fined Jacobson $5 (about $153 today).

    Instead of paying the fine, Jacobson and a handful of other vaccine refusers appealed to a higher court, where they caught the attention and support of anti-vaccination societies. Those societies provided Jacobson with powerful attorneys, who argued the case all the way to the Supreme Court.”</div>


    I was under the impression it was about forcing this guy to take the smallpox vaccination when all it really was about was that he refused to pay the fine for refusing the vaccine- THAT’S A HUGE DIFFERENCE!!!


    While the high court in Massachusetts had ruled in favor of the board of health, it also made clear that “it is not in their power to vaccinate [Jacobson] by force.” The Supreme Court didn’t contradict this, and in fact, placed more safeguards, saying “common good” laws had to be reasonable. That’s important, because “virus squads” weren’t limited to Boston; immigrants in tenements were also forcibly vaccinated in New York City, as were Black Americans in Kentucky.

    Again, I am not a lawyer so I don’t know the ins and out of the law, but here is a link for further reading:

    https://reason.com/volokh/2020/11/24/jacobson-v-massachusetts-did-not-uphold-the-states-power-to-mandate-vaccinations/

    Karen replied 3 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Unknown Member

    Moderator
    November 10, 2021 at 3:37 pm

    Spot on Karen. The EUA Is part and parcel of an entire end run around constitutional law. The Jacobson ruling is often cited but soon dropped by anti-Constitutionalists who play fast and loose with lower court rulings.

    • Karen

      Member
      November 10, 2021 at 4:20 pm

      EUA’s (under federal law) expressly prohibit anyone being forced to take an experimental therapy. And no matter how many times they say the Pfizer jab has been approved, it definitely has not. How do I know? An EUA is only issued when there are no other therapies available to treat said disease. IF the Corminaty (sp. ?) jab can be interchanged with the Pfizer/BioNtech jab (which is what the pigs are saying), then the day Corminaty (sp. ?) was approved, the Moderna and J&J jabs should have been taken off the market as an “approved” therapy now existed. I just checked with my local pharmacy. I could get EITHER the Pfizer or Moderna. Case closed as far as I’m concerned…

      Here’s an excellent thought I saw on Telegram: If your boss told you that you had to have sex with him or lose your job, is that coercion or “choice”? LOL! Pretty much says it all.

  • whatsamatta.u

    Member
    November 10, 2021 at 4:07 pm

    The Nazis used that Supreme Court decision to justify their forced sterilizations and forced vaccinations. People should educate themselves on the details Of the Nuremberg trials.

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