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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Whether employers can mandate COVID vaccines, and Supreme Court tosses Texas case challenging election results

As the coronavirus vaccine rollout begins, Americans are starting to think about life on the other side of the pandemic and what it will take to get there. Can employers force their workers to get vaccinated?

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By Madeleine Brand • Dec 14, 2020 • 9m Listen

As the coronavirus vaccine rollout begins, Americans are starting to think about life on the other side of the pandemic and what it will take to get there. Can employers force their workers to get vaccinated? Will people be stopped from boarding planes or going into stores if they don’t have proof of vaccination?

Also on Friday, the Supreme Court tossed out a lawsuit from Texas that tried to overturn the November presidential election results in four states Joe Biden won: Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

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