1. OSHA challenges will come quick and heavy. "The Department of Labor has no expertise to decide which types of people of faith are exempted, and which types of people of faith are accommodated. On what basis can OSHA craft such an intricate framework based on difficult questions of faith? And they have no delegated authority to decide whether a person's beliefs warrant an accommodation. OSHA inspectors check workplaces for hazards, not beliefs. The Congress in 1970 that enacted OSHA said nothing at all about this matter. The Biden Administration is completely out of its league." https://reason.com/volokh/2021/10/16/justice-thomass-opinion-in-little-sisters-of-the-poor-provides-another-path-to-challenge-the-osha-vaccine-mandate/

2. A federal court in Tennessee blocked the effort of a federal agency to place employees on unpaid leave for religious accommodations, while courts in Washington, New Mexico and Maine chose to not grant emergency relief, as the Maine case heads to SCOTUS this week for possible action.

3. Biden's stack-the-court commission completely fails. https://www.courthousenews.com/commission-on-supreme-court-reform-struggles-to-find-common-ground/

4. The elephant in the room Axios doesn't want to tell you is that unions feel pressure to strike because of their inadequate response to the vaccine mandate. Strikes coming. https://www.axios.com/new-wave-of-strikes-worker-power-07f5df47-8825-4e76-a951-c8812d686d94.html

5. My mold UT Law Prof ally rightly rails on the inanity of vaccine mandates. https://nypost.com/2021/10/14/covid-regime-is-driving-americans-to-a-healthy-noncompliance/

*Bonus: My recommended bet on LSU to pull the upset at almost 4 to 1 paid off. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/gametracker/boxscore/NCAAF_20211016_FLA@LSU/