Want to hear some gossip? Lately, rumors have been flying, especially rumors concerning a notoriously secretive and imperious institution: the Supreme Court of the United States. The Court has recently heard several important cases relating to the Biden administration's vaccine mandates for private sector workers and health care workers—but members of the public who closely followed the oral arguments might have noticed that Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor did not appear in person; she participated virtually, from her chambers.
Sotomayor is one of the more COVID-cautious justices, owing to an underlying health condition, diabetes. She usually wears a mask, and has decided to wait out the omicron variant. That's her right, of course—the justice should do whatever is best for her health.
