A federal judge blocked President Biden's Covid-19 vaccine mandate for federal workers. The Justice Department said it would appeal the ruling.
A federal judge Friday blocked the Biden administration’s Covid-19 vaccine requirement for federal employees, the latest legal setback for the president’s push to inoculate workers.
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey V. Brown in Texas said President Biden didn’t have the broad, unilateral authority to mandate"that all federal employees consent to vaccination against Covid-19 or lose their jobs.”“It is instead about whether the President can, with the stroke of a pen and without the input of Congress, require millions of federal employees to undergo a medical procedure as a condition of their employment,” Judge Brown wrote.
. The high court, however, did allow the administration to impose a vaccine mandate for more than 10 million healthcare workers whose facilities participate in Medicare and Medicaid. The Justice Department said it was filing an appeal. White House press secretary Jen Psaki noted that 98% of federal workers are vaccinated and referred additional questions to the Justice Department. “Obviously we are confident in our legal authority here,” Ms. Psaki said.,WSJ’s Shelby Holliday examines the legal precedent for vaccine mandates. Photo illustration: David Fang Copyright ©2022 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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