U.S. appeals court affirms hold on Biden COVID-19 vaccine mandate

By HatetheSwamp

November 13, 2021 12:32 am

Category: Government


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A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld its decision to put on hold an order by President Joe Biden for companies with 100 workers or more to require COVID-19 vaccines, rejecting a challenge by his administration.

A three-member panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans affirmed its ruling despite the Biden administration's position that halting implementation of the vaccine mandate could lead to dozens or even hundreds of deaths.

"The mandate is staggeringly overbroad," the opinion said.

"The mandate is a one-size-fits-all sledgehammer that makes hardly any attempt to account for differences in workplaces (and workers)," Circuit Court Judge Kurt Engelhardt wrote for the panel.

"The public interest is also served by maintaining our constitutional structure and maintaining the liberty of individuals to make intensely personal decisions according to their own convictions - even, or perhaps particularly, when those decisions frustrate government officials," Engelhardt wrote.


Ah, yes. That pesky Constitution.

Apparently, it's going to require the Supreme Court to put its stamp of approval on Joe Biden's big government, bureaucratic Fascism.

Cited and related links:

  1. reuters.com
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