It Wasn’t Just Sotomayor—Breyer Was in Fantasyland as Well on Vaccine Mandate – Opinion

Oral arguments before the Supreme Court this morning saw Justice Sonia Sotomayor seem completely lost in another reality. OSHA rules impose a vaccine mandate on all private companies with over 100 employees.

Sotomayor, as we have reported previously, went to fantasyland regarding COVID information. Sotomayor claimed there were more than 100 million children with serious conditions, some of whom are still on ventilators. Also very disturbing, Sotomayor demonstrated that she didn’t understand the concept of state police power, indicating that she thought OSHA had “police power.”

Sotomayor says he doesn’t understand the distinction between federal and state power. Mind-boggling. OSHA’s regulatory authority is called a “police force.” OH SG tries explain con law 101. Roberts saves the embarrassing discourse.

— Ilya Shapiro (@ishapiro) January 7, 2022

Sotomayor also got something else dangerously wrong — claiming that Omicron was just as deadlyThe Delta variant. It is clear that she does not understand basic facts. And she’s going to be making a critical decision that will affect all Americans? Yikes.

But, what made it worse was that she wasn’t the only one with her head in a bubble of misinformation. Justice Breyer had her own issues, it was evident.

That was amazing!

Justice Breyer stated yesterday that “750,000,000” new cases of covid were filed.

America is home to 330 million residents. This means that everyone has probably been bitten twice within the past 24 hours. pic.twitter.com/rzMf8OzAlj

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 7, 2022

Breyer said that COVID was in effect for 750,000,000 people just yesterday. You seriously think I am crazy? Yes, that would mean everyone in the country would have had to have gotten it twice in the last 24 hours — and that still wouldn’t be enough to hit his number. Later, he corrected his mistake.

Breyer and Sotomayor falsely claimed hospitals had almost reached full capacity.

Breyer: “Growing by factors of 10 times what it was.”

Actually, the national hospital census is as flat as a pancake.

— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) January 7, 2022

HOSPITALS ARE NOT FULL. HOSPITALS ARE NOT FULL. It is my hope that all Supreme Court Justices, who are reading this tweet, find it useful. pic.twitter.com/klROszJyzD

— Don Wolt (@tlowdon) January 7, 2022

Average occupancy rates for community, which is non-Federal and short-term, general hospitals, is approximately 76 per cent. The country’s hospital capacity is slightly higher than average, but it’s not fully filled. While there might be some hospitals that are filled in one area, they may not all over the country.

Breyer apparently also stated that OSHA would not allow for 100 percent new cases.

Breyer stated that OSHA’s mandate would stop 100% of US COVID cases daily.

— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) January 7, 2022

Breyer has just astonishingly stated that mandates could immediately stop all cases (i.e. the current 750k daily case would continue every day without a mandate). Unbelievable.

— Blue State Refugee (@customconcern1) January 7, 2022

That’s insane and doesn’t even make logical sense. OSHA only applies to companies with at least 100 employees. While that’s about 100 million people, that’s still less than a third of Americans. Plus the vaccine, as we can see, is hardly 100 percent, so it wouldn’t fully protect even those 100 million people.

Twitter could have wangled both these characters to misinformation. This is assuming they weren’t on the wrong side of the aisle, and that they didn’t say this via Twitter. But, it’s astonishing the fate of so many Americans may be in the hands of these folks.

Fortunately, although it’s always hard to tell, the conservatives on the Court, seemed to have a better understanding of reality and asked more coherent questions. If you’re wondering why you don’t get certain decisions from the liberal side, you now know.