Appeals court in New Orleans blocks Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for US gov't workers
Posted on AllSides March 24th, 2023
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NEW ORLEANS — President Joe Biden's order that federal employees get vaccinated against COVID-19 has been blocked by a federal appeals court. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, in a decision Thursday, rejected arguments that Biden, as the nation's chief executive, has the same authority as the CEO of a private corporation to require that employees be vaccinated. The ruling from the full appeals court, 16 full-time judges at the time the case was argued, reversed an earlier ruling by a three-judge 5th Circuit panel that...
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