A good-government group is threatening to sue Oregon Gov. Kate Brown if she moves forward with her planned implementation of a vaccine verification system—commonly called a vaccine passport system—for residents of the state to enter a business without wearing a face mask.
A vaccine passport is proof that an individual has tested negative for or been inoculated against certain infections, such as the CCP virus that causes the disease COVID-19.
The passport can be digital, such as a smartphone app, or physical, such as a small paper card. Government officials and businesses can demand to see it before allowing an individual to go into an office; board an airplane; or visit a restaurant, movie theater, or health club.
The policy to create a framework for enforcing vaccine passports was outlined by the Oregon Health Authority on May 18 in a document titled “Interim Guidance for Fully Vaccinated Individuals,” which states, among other things, that “a business, employer, or faith institution that has a policy requesting and checking for proof of vaccination and requests and reviews proof of vaccination may permit fully vaccinated individuals with proof of vaccination to go without a mask, face covering, or face shield, and does not need to enforce physical distancing requirements for such individuals.”
The Freedom Foundation sent a letter to Brown, a Democrat, arguing that the guidance runs afoul of the right to be free from compelled speech and association guaranteed by the First Amendment, the right to informational privacy guaranteed by the 14th Amendment, and the right to equal protection under the law, also guaranteed by the 14th Amendment.
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