{"id":2373895,"date":"2024-11-27T11:46:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T16:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parents-appeal-to-u-s-supreme-court-over-forced-covid-vaccine\/"},"modified":"2024-11-27T11:47:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T16:47:44","slug":"parents-appeal-to-u-s-supreme-court-over-forced-covid-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parents-appeal-to-u-s-supreme-court-over-forced-covid-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents Appeal To U.S. Supreme Court Over Forced Covid Vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fparents-appeal-to-u-s-supreme-court-over-forced-covid-vaccine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2373895&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Vermont \u200cfamily is appealing\u2063 a ruling by the Vermont Supreme Court that upheld\u2064 the immunity of \u200bschool and government \u2064personnel under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act concerning a Covid-19 vaccination\u200b given to their 6-year-old son, Leo, against the family&#8217;s wishes. The\u200d court dismissed the\u200d relevance of parental rights and informed consent in its decision. The parents, Tony and Shujen Politella, had explicitly communicated their\u2064 opposition to the vaccination, \u200byet Leo was vaccinated despite his objections. The ruling raises concerns about diminishing parental rights and informed consent, highlighting instances\u2064 in Vermont where minors can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-finds-increased-availability-of-trans-kids-drugs-raises-suicide-risk\/\" title=\"Study Finds Increased Availability of &quot;Trans&quot; Kids Drugs Raises Suicide Risk\">access medical treatments<\/a> without parental approval. The decision may\u2064 set a precedent \u2064that threatens \u200bfamily rights across the \u200bU.S., as noted by legal experts\u2062 who\u2064 argue that the\u2062 right to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-tale-of-two-universities-indiana-university-sued-for-vaccine-mandate-university-of-wisconsin-declines-mandate\/\" title=\"A Tale Of Two Universities: Indiana University Sued For Vaccine Mandate, University Of Wisconsin Declines Mandate\">refuse medical treatment<\/a> is deeply rooted in American legal tradition. Other courts in states like Wyoming, Nevada, and Kentucky have also failed to uphold these fundamental rights in similar\u2062 cases.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A Vermont family whose 6-year-old son was vaccinated with an experimental Covid-19 intervention against the family&rsquo;s&nbsp;wishes has appealed a Vermont Supreme Court ruling. The Vermont court had ruled&nbsp;that the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP) prohibits such claims, granting immunity to school and government personnel when they mandate vaccinations.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stunningly, the Vermont Supreme Court did not even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-lefts-push-to-cancel-conservative-media-isnt-fighting-disinformation-its-censorship\/\" title=\"The Left\u2019s Push To Cancel Conservative Media Isn\u2019t \u2018Fighting Disinformation.\u2019 It\u2019s Censorship.\">pay lip service<\/a> to the constitutional liberties implicated, ruling against traditional protections of parental rights and informed consent. But the PREP Act is not above the Constitution&rsquo;s supremacy clause; it&rsquo;s the other way around. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Parents&rsquo; rights are being chiseled away rapidly. In Vermont, minor children may obtain <a href=\"https:\/\/vermontdailychronicle.com\/no-parental-ok-needed-for-transgender-services-under-bills-passed-by-house-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">transgender hormones<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stateregstoday.com\/health\/healthcare\/birth-control-in-vermont\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">birth control<\/a> without parental consent, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/legislature.vermont.gov\/Documents\/2024\/Docs\/ACTS\/ACT150\/ACT150%20As%20Enacted.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 law<\/a> bars parents from seeing which library books are checked out by their children 12 years and older. Yet these are examples where the child wants something against his parents&rsquo; wishes. In Vermont&rsquo;s Covid-19 vaccination case, the child protested and was forced to be jabbed anyway.<\/p>\n<h2>Leo&rsquo;s Case<\/h2>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/johnklar.substack.com\/p\/politella-petition-for-writ-of-certiorari\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supreme Court petition<\/a>, for which I was the lead attorney, Tony and Shujen Politella and their son Leo were shocked that their clear expressions of opposition to Leo being vaccinated were ignored. Tony had visited his son&rsquo;s school with the express purpose of ensuring his child would not receive a Covid-19 vaccine, offering to keep Leo home on the day of an upcoming clinic. He was assured Leo would be fine, but instead Leo was given an arm tag displaying another boy&rsquo;s name and vaccinated despite his vocal protests.<\/p>\n<p>It was a further insult when the public school, which was eligible to obtain monetary &ldquo;awards&rdquo; from the state of Vermont based on vaccination rates, provided no explanation for how such a gross error occurred, as Mrs. Politella related in <a href=\"https:\/\/givebutter.com\/j1vdDO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">her testimony<\/a>. Leo transferred to a private school the family trusts. Yet a third injury was inflicted when the Vermont attorney general and Vermont court system employed laws designed to grant product liability immunity to Big Pharma to instead insulate incompetent government employees from accountability for their wrongs.<\/p>\n<p>Vermont&rsquo;s appalling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vermontjudiciary.org\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/op23-237.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Politella<\/em><\/a>  decision threatens every child in America. Other courts may rely upon its implied federal preemption of family rights&nbsp;and extinguishing of informed consent rights. As Ninth Circuit Judge Daniel Collins recently opined in a <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/appellate-courts\/ca9\/22-55908\/22-55908-2024-06-07.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">concurring opinion<\/a> in a related ruling:&nbsp;The &ldquo;&lsquo;right of a competent individual to refuse medical treatment&rsquo; was &lsquo;entirely consistent with this Nation&rsquo;s history and constitutional traditions,&rsquo; in light of &lsquo;the common-law rule that forced medication was a battery, and the long legal tradition protecting the decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-upholds-indiana-university-vaccine-mandate\/\" title=\"Federal Judge Upholds Indiana University Vaccine Mandate\">refuse unwanted medical treatment<\/a>.&rsquo;&rdquo; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Other State Rulings<\/h2>\n<p>This common-sense recognition of such fundamental rights has been absent from supreme courts in Wyoming and Nevada in addition to Vermont, as well as the Kansas Court of Appeals and federal courts in Kentucky and Oklahoma. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinajournal.com\/top-nc-court-skeptical-that-federal-law-blocks-teens-forced-covid-vaccination-suit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">North Carolina<\/a> case involving a football player vaccinated against his wishes is also making its way up the court system ladder. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Congress never intended for the PREP Act to abolish fundamental medical ethics or the legal rights of patients and parents. The PREP Act does not shield public servants from accountability for actions that have nothing to do with vaccine safety or efficacy. The <a href=\"https:\/\/givebutter.com\/j1vdDO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Politellas<\/a> did not sue a vaccine manufacturer for a harmful product; they sued school officials who inflicted very real harm. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All American children are constitutionally entitled to the protections of informed parental consent. Should these <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">abhorrent court decisions stand<\/a>, &ldquo;vaccine hesitancy&rdquo; may be joined by &ldquo;public school hesitancy.&rdquo; The distrust of vaccines and pharmaceutical companies engendered by Covid-19 policies extends to schools and courts that favor negligent or ill-willed workers over the rights &mdash; and health &mdash; of young children.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p>      John Klar is an attorney, writer, pastor, and farmer. John blogs for Mother Earth News on agriculture issues and writes a column for Vermont&#8217;s True North Reports. His Substack is   <a href=\"https:\/\/johnklar.substack.com\/%E2%80%9C\">Small Farm Republic.<\/a> He is also the author of <a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.com\/Small-Farm-Republic-Conservatives-Environmental\/dp\/1645022196\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1678300945&amp;sr=1-1%E2%80%9C\">&#8220;Small Farm Republic: Why Conservatives Must Embrace Local Agriculture, Reject Climate Alarmism, and Lead an Environmental Revival.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Vermont family is appealing a ruling after their son was vaccinated against their wishes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1894,"featured_media":2373896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2048px-Vermont_Supreme_Court-e1732545859227.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7584,32496,32142,5007,32275],"class_list":["post-2373895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-appeal","tag-covid-vaccine","tag-legal-action","tag-parents","tag-supreme-court"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2048px-Vermont_Supreme_Court-e1732545859227.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2373895"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2373899,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373895\/revisions\/2373899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2373896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2373895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2373895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2373895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}