NFIB v. OSHA [SCOTUSbrief]
Short video featuring Jenin Younes
In late 2021, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration promulgated a rule requiring workers to receive a COVID–19 vaccine.
Does OSHA have the authority to implement a vaccine mandate for private employers? Jenin Younes of the New Civil Liberties Alliance explores workplace hazards, agency rulemaking, and the major questions doctrine in NFIB v. OSHA.
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Learn more about Jenin Younes:
https://nclalegal.org/jenin-younes/
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Related Links & Differing Views:
SCOTUSblog: “Fractured court blocks vaccine-or-test requirement for large workplaces but green-lights vaccine mandate for health care workers” https://www.scotusblog.com/2022/01/fr...
Notice & Comment: “NFIB v. OSHA: Nondelegation, Major Questions, and Chevron’s No Show, by Randolph May” https://www.yalejreg.com/nc/nfib-v-os...
Election Law Blog: “Some Brief Thoughts on Gorsuch’s Opinion in NFIB v. OSHA” https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126944
The Regulatory Review: “Major Questions and Juristocracy” https://www.theregreview.org/2022/01/...
Administrative Law Review: “Major Questions about the Major Questions Doctrine” http://www.administrativelawreview.or...
The Regulatory Transparency Project: “The Vaccine Mandate Cases and the Future of Administrative Law” https://fedsoc.org/commentary/podcast...
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Litigation Counsel, New Civil Liberties Alliance
Jenin Younes is Litigation Counsel for the New Civil Liberties Alliance. Having always been a passionate advocate for individual liberties, Jenin spent the first part of her career as an appellate public defender, providing representation to indigent clients convicted of criminal offenses in New York City. In this capacity, she briefed and argued countless appeals in New York’s Appellate Division, Second Department, and several cases in the New York State Court of Appeals. She also represented individuals at civil hearings in trial court.
Jenin holds a B.A. from Cornell University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law.