Do a Governor’s emergency powers supersede citizens’ constitutional rights? This is one issue that will likely be adjudicated, as The Ocean State Current has learned that Dr. Stephen Skoly has filed a brief for his appeal in the US First Circuit Court on Wednesday. Click here to read the brief its entirety This past August, […]
The Ocean State Current has learned that Dr. Stephen Skoly has today filed an appeal in the US First Circuit Court, less than one month after Rhode Island’s Federal District Court Judge, Mary McElroy, issued a “bench ruling” granting the motion by the attorneys for the state to dismiss Skoly’s vaccine mandate lawsuit on the […]
When Dr. Stephen Skoly refused to comply with the the state’s healthcare worker Covid-19 vaccine mandate and dared to speak out against it, Governor Daniel McKee and RIDOH shut down his oral maxillofacial surgery practice.
Dr. Skoly has naturally acquired immunity to Covid, having recovered from infection, and took all necessary safety procedures to protect his patients.
He has a history of Bell’s Palsy facial paralysis and risked a recurrence if vaccinated, a known side effect of the vaccine.
On Dr. Skoly’s behalf, NCLA filed a lawsuit against Governor Daniel McKee and Dr. James McDonald, RIDOH’s Interim Director, to force Rhode Island to permit Dr. Skoly to resume practice.
In March 2022, after over five months of his office being shutdown, the state relented and Doc Skoly was allowed to return to his work.