The Biden administration's order for federal employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 was blocked by a federal appeals court, w/ the ruling instructing parties to consider the White House's announcement that the pandemic emergency is coming to an end.
The majority of the 16 full-time judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit rejected the argument that President Joe Biden had the same authority as the CEO of a private business to require employees to be vaccinated, sending the case down to a lower court that imposed a preliminary injunction in January 2022 blocking the mandate.
At least 12 challenges were filed in U.S. district courts against Biden's federal worker vaccine mandate announced in September 2021, which kicked in the following November. But one lawsuit led to a nationwide injunction against the requirement in January 2022 by District Judge Jeffrey Brown, who was appointed to the District Court for the Southern District of Texas by Trump.
The Thursday opinion noted the Civil Service Reform Act, which is typically used to handle personnel disputes, usually bars courts from jurisdiction over employee claims. However, this court's majority held that requests to opt out of the vaccine stray from typical personnel decisions handled by CSRA.
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