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| Supreme Court Poised To Block Biden's Workplace Vaccine Mandate |
| 2022-01-10 |
| [Free Beacon] The Supreme Court signaled Friday that it will block President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for big businesses. In an emergency hearing, the Court’s conservatives seemed persuaded by trade groups and red states who say vaccine mandates should be crafted by Congress or the states, and not a federal agency. The Biden administration’s rule requires covered businesses to compel vaccinations for their employees or regularly test the unvaccinated. A victory for the plaintiffs would require the White House to fundamentally rework its pandemic strategy. The employer mandate is central to Biden’s bid to increase vaccinations, but it comes amid mounting frustration with his administration’s approach to the pandemic. Pervasive testing shortages linger a year into his term, and top officials have admitted that the emergence of new variants caught them by surprise. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the vaccine rule in November. It directs businesses with more than 100 workers to mandate vaccines on their own or test unvaccinated workers on a weekly basis. Unvaccinated workers must wear masks at all times and pay out of pocket for testing. There are limited exceptions for employees who work remotely full time and those who work outside. The Supreme Court's liberal members insisted courts have no business interfering with public health decisions during a pandemic. Justice Sonia Sotomayor—who dialed into the argument from her chambers, rather than participate in-person—was the most outspoken member of the liberal trio and painted a dire picture of the pandemic. She claimed that the Omicron variant is as deadly as the preceding Delta variant and that at least 100,000 children are hospitalized "in serious condition" with COVID, some of whom are on ventilators. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 Rex, if you put something in angle brackets, Rantburg thinks it’s an operation. So I went in and removed them for you, leaving the word behind. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-01-10 20:17 |
| #7 ^This |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2022-01-10 19:14 |
| #6 crickets |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2022-01-10 17:01 |
| #5 They sure as hell aren't getting in a hurry doing it. What they going to wait until a shit ton of people are fired before they get off their self important asses? |
| Posted by: Chris 2022-01-10 13:46 |
| #4 Damage is done. They'll strike it down, but millions have been vaccinated or lost their jobs who were at zero risk for COVID. We should be running Nuremberg trials at this stage. |
| Posted by: Angstrom 2022-01-10 10:56 |
| #3 There had better be five votes not counting Roberts' vote. Can't trust him for one nanosecond. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2022-01-10 08:07 |
| #2 ...What happens, though, if the Administration's gray eminences decide to channel General Jackson: "...Mister Justice Roberts has made his decision; now let him enforce it." Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2022-01-10 08:05 |
| #1 Sing it, Iggy: It's such a Perfect day I'm so glad I spent it With you "West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin may have put the final nail in the coffin on President Joe Biden’s social spending plan. The Washington Post reports Manchin has taken his $1.8 trillion compromise proposal off the table. The WaPo cited three unnamed sources in its report." |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2022-01-10 07:57 |