How a 1905 Smallpox Case Became a Blank Check for COVID Mandates

Feb 2nd 2026 4:08pm EST

For more than a century, courts have leaned on a single Supreme Court case to justify government-mandated medical interventions during public health crises. That case—Jacobson v. Massachusetts—upheld a modest fine imposed on a Massachusetts man who refused a smallpox vaccination during an outbreak in 1902. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Jacobson became the legal keystone for […]

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