A COVID vaccine mandate that claims 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, was ruled unconstitutional by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 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 had upheld the vaccination requirement. Judge Andrew Oldham, nominated to the court by then-President Donald Trump, wrote the opinion for a 10-member majority.
And, Oldham noted, wit...
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