The Court of Appeal suspends the mandate of the COVID vaccine for larger companies

The Federal Court of Appeals suspended COVID-19 at Biden’s administration on Saturday vaccine requirements for companies with 100 or more employees.

The U.S. District Court of Appeals granted an urgent suspension of the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s requirement that these workers be vaccinated by Jan. 4, or the requirement for a face mask and weekly tests.

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said the move prevents Democratic President Joe Biden “from making progress with his illegal exaggeration.”

“The president will not impose medical procedures on the American people without the oversight and balance provided by the constitution,” said Landry, a Republican.

Labor attorney Seema Nanda said the U.S. Department of Labor is “confident in its legal authority to issue an urgent interim standard on vaccination and testing.”

OSHA has the power to “act quickly in emergencies when the agency finds that workers are at serious risk and a new standard is needed to protect them,” she said.

Such district decisions typically apply to states within the county – in this case Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas – but Landry said the language used by the judges gave the decision national scope.

“It’s a big win for the American people out there. Never before has the federal government tried to get in such a strong way between choosing an American citizen and their doctor. For me, that’s the crux of the whole issue,” he said.

At least 27 states have filed lawsuits challenging the rule in several counties, some of which have become more conservative due to the judicial appointments of former Republican President Donald Trump.

The Biden administration is promoting widespread vaccinations as the fastest way to end a pandemic that has claimed more than 750,000 lives in the United States.

Management says it is convinced that requires, which includes fines of nearly $ 14,000 per violation, will withstand legal challenges in part because its security rules prevail over state laws.

New Orleans-based District 5 said it was delaying a federal request for the vaccine because of possible “serious legal and constitutional issues” raised by plaintiffs. The government is due to provide a swift response to a proposal for a permanent ban on Monday, followed by a response from investors on Tuesday.

Lawrence Gostin, a public health expert at Georgetown University Law School, said it was worrying that a federal appeals court would stop or postpone safety regulations in a health crisis, saying no one has the right to go to work “unmasked, unvaccinated and unchecked. “

“Non-elected judges who do not have scientific experience should not be ambiguous health and safety experts at OSHA,” he said.