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Generally, yes, but also, no. The grant of the stay in the OSHA case brought by business groups led by the NFIB probably dooms the rest of that case: "Applicants are likely to succeed on the merits of their claim that the Secretary lacked authority to impose the mandate." Slip op. at 5. Six...

He's still waiting in the Chick fil A drivethrough.

And it depends on when. For example, we had reservations for last December at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tuscany Village (we ended up not going for non-covid health reasons) for a 1 bedroom with sofa sleeper condo for $135/night, on a deal that required advance reservations 90 days ahead.

Not sure why you are saying that, unless you mean the specific phrase "super spreader event"? After all, in Post #95,806, less than a week ago, I said: And yesterday, the same county reported a 13.3333% jump in total pandemic cases, again traceable to the original pre-Christmas event. So that's...

The main reason we didn't buy in Conroe was traffic. We call it the town where traffic never sleeps. The infrastructure just hasn't caught up with the growth. Much like LBV and all of the Disney area not so long ago, except that there's nobody in Conroe to build infrastructure like Disney can...

Indeed. In fact, the fastest growing area in Texas is Conroe, where the local forest is home to the endangered Red-Cockaded Woodpecker (though it is endangered largely because of the nearby population growth :rolleyes:), just north of The Woodlands, itself often rated the #1 area to live in...

Reply briefs were filed today (Monday, Jan. 3) in the four vaccine mandate cases which will be argued at the Supreme Court this Friday. Think you had a busy New Years weekend? In four days, some excellent lawyers frantically churned out hundreds of pages of legal arguments for these and their...

Good choice! Decades ago, there was actual science research done at the Observatory. My CalTech team spent many nights (after the crowds left) working all night using the real telescopes inside the dome to observe "flare stars" (which increase suddenly in brightness), including our nearest...

In my tiny, isolated, home county, which has one of the highest vax and booster percentages in the country, our pandemic total case number just jumped by 10% in less than a week. All because of one big Christmas event. I learned a new phrase: "tertiary contacts (people infected by people who...

Update on the Vaccine Mandates cases now being considered by the Supreme Court of the United States; dockets accessible at the links in the quotation above. Briefs were filed today, and final reply briefs are due Monday. Oral arguments will be held on Friday, January 3, beginning at 10AM EST...

Ah, fond memories of having to dig UP from the front door to get out of our Alpine Meadows cabin. And the snow being so heavy against the windows that the windows would break IN. Oh, and the snowplow drivers charging a Chapek-level fortune.

Yes, and keep in mind that, when you do that clicking in at 3AM PST, you have no guarantee of getting what you want. Which likely would make you less likely to get back to sleep. Happened to me. 😴

Very interesting. Here's the actual Order: https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/122221zr2_f20h.pdf. The dockets are really short: https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/21a240.html...

Thanks. A bit of an update: Prof. Jonathan Adler, who knows much more about administrative law than I do, posted his thoughts on Friday night's Sixth Circuit panel opinion on the OSHA vaccine rule. He agrees with my first impression that the "major questions" doctrine will be key, but went...

Certainly, there's a possibility, this is a big case. But probably not a high likelihood. There's a statute in place that establishes the specific procedure to be followed in exactly this sort of situation. If you were a Justice, what would you need to see to over-ride that specific procedure...

I usually wait until someone asks, but given the prior interest in the employer vaccine cases and the lack of media coverage of an opinion delivering an important change in the tenor of judicial review of vaccine mandates in favor of vaccination, I'll post a little on the latest in the...

It likely will, because there's a conflict among the Circuits in the vaccine mandate cases. That's the #1 reason the Supremes grant certiorari in the first place (review of most cases is discretionary, so at least four Justices have to vote in favor of hearing a Petition for Cert) because the...

It's already there. Here's an article from Prof. Jonathan Adler, a well-known expert in administrative law: https://reason.com/volokh/2021/12/16/health-care-worker-vaccine-mandate-reaches-the-supreme-court/?post_type=volokh-post&utm_medium=email

And thank you for sharing your Nalgene bottle stories.

Update on 3yo GS's vaccine trial. Got his second shot and subsequent blood work. No problems at all, although he said his leg hurt from the shot; probably more the jab than anything else, since he was running shortly after that. (Of course, he's ALWAYS running. I'm thinking of calling him...