Federal Appeals Court Rules Against Biden Administration COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

On Jan. 12, a federal appeals court in Ohio upheld a lower court's ban on forcing federal contractors to ensure that their workers in Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee are vaccinated against COVID-19.

A panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati affirmed a lower court's 2021 ruling that said the Biden administration's mandate requiring workers contracting with the federal government to wear face masks and be vaccinated for COVID-19 was unconstitutional.

The panel in its opinion (pdf) found that Biden lacks the statutory authority to enforce the vaccination mandate for federal contractor workers, pointing to the president's alleged authority to do so under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act, also known as the Property Act.

"We decline the government's invitation to construe § 121(a) as authorizing the President to ignore the limits inherent in the Property Act's operative provisions in favor of an 'anything goes' pursuit of a broad statutory purpose," the panel wrote in its ruling.

"Even if we were to indulge the government's reliance on the Property Act's declaration of purpose, we would still conclude that the contractor mandate is unlawful," the judges wrote.

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Every win for us should cause the leftists to back off. However, they are relentless and have a high pain threshold. They will keep trying so we must remain aware.

Quote from: supsalemgr on January 13, 2023, 10:50:19 AMEvery win for us should cause the leftists to back off. However, they are relentless and have a high pain threshold. They will keep trying so we must remain aware.

You can see that in gun control. The federal courts will make a ruling that a law is unconstitutional and states will pass another law that is similar and enforce it while it goes through the court system. If the states does it's homework on judge shopping, they can enforce the law for several years.