The eleventh Circuit Courtroom of Appeals on Friday upheld an injunction in opposition to Biden’s Covid vaccine mandate for federal contractors.
A 3-judge panel voted 2-1 to uphold the injunction.
A Jimmy Carter-appointed decide dissented.
BREAKING: eleventh Cir upholds however narrows injunction in opposition to Biden COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractor workforce. Largely 2-1. Grant (Trump) & Edmondson (Reagan) vote to slender injunction to 7 states + 1 personal group. Anderson (Carter) dissents https://t.co/rblulQY2Ow
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) August 26, 2022
A federal decide final December blocked Joe Biden’s vaccine requirement for federal contractors nationwide.
Choose Stan Baker within the US Courtroom for the Southern District of Georgia, a Trump appointee, issued a preliminary injunction in opposition to Biden’s vaccine mandate.
The lawsuit, introduced by South Carolina Lawyer Normal Alan Wilson and South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster together with different Republican attorneys common, argued Biden’s vaccine mandate violated the tenth Modification.
The lawsuit additionally argued Biden’s vaccine mandate is unconstitutional as a result of solely Congress is allowed to make guidelines.
Georgia, Alabama, Idaho, Kansas, Utah and West Virginia attorneys common joined the lawsuit.
The Justice Division requested the eleventh Circuit Courtroom of Appeals to overturn the nationwide injunction in opposition to Biden’s Covid vaccine mandate for federal contractors.
The eleventh Circuit Courtroom of Appeals on Friday stated Biden didn’t have the authority to make use of the Procurement Act to determine well being requirements for contractors’ workers.
Earlier this yr the Supreme Courtroom blocked Joe Biden’s OSHA vaccine mandate.
The very best courtroom of the land in a 6-3 ruling blocked Biden’s vaccine mandate on personal companies with 100+ workers.
