WATERLOO â Seneca County has hired a former U.S. Attorney General and Solicitor General to file a petition with the Supreme Court of the United States.
Paul Clement, a partner in the Washington, D.C.-based law firm of Kirkland & Ellis, will prepare a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court, asking it to hear an appeal of lower-court rulings favoring the Cayuga Nation in a tax-foreclosure case that began in 2013.
Clement, 54, has argued more than 100 cases before the Supreme Court, as well as many of the key cases in lower federal courts involving challenges to former President George W. Bushâs administration and its conduct in the war on terrorism.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines hold promise to control the pandemic and help restore normal social and economic life. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for 2 messenger RNA vaccines and will likely issue full biologics licenses in the coming months. Anticipating vaccine scarcity, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice (ACIP) published guidance on vaccine priorities.
Data for the vaccines granted an EUA reportedly demonstrate 95% efficacy, but even highly effective vaccines cannot curb the pandemic without high population coverage and maintenance of other mitigation strategies. Recent data from 1676 adults surveyed November 30 to December 8, 2020, found that when a COVID-19 vaccine is approved and widely available: 34% would get it as soon as possible; 39% would wait; 9% would only get it if required for work or school; 15% would definitely not get it. Black persons, at high risk of i
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