we re in indiana. this was the first time the supreme court had been asked to consider a vaccine mandate. it was brought this challenge was brought by a handful of students at indiana university, challenging that school s vaccine mandate that s set to take effect in the beginning of the fall semester. they wanted the courts to issue an emergency order to block it while the appeals court process played out. they lost in the district court. they lost in the federal appeals court and that opinion was interesting because it based its reasoning back on a 1905 decision that the supreme court issued allowing a vaccine mandate for the smallpox. and that court said that iu was even on stronger legal footing because the iu mandate, like many others, allows exceptions for people with religious or medical objections. but that didn t stop the students here. they went to the supreme court and they went specifically to amy coney barrett because she has jurisdiction over the