Biden’s DOJ hits back at federal court that blocked his ‘staggeringly overbroad’ vaccine mandate and says it will ‘vigorously defend’ the president’s plan
A three-member panel of the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, which covers Texas, Louisiana and parts of Mississippi, affirmed its ruling Friday
That saw it order the US Department of Labor to take no further steps to implement its vaccine mandate, whose deadline is January 4
The order would have mandated enforced vaccine requirements on all businesses with 100 or more employees
‘This decision is just the beginning of the process for review of this important OSHA standard,’ a spokesperson for the Justice Department said in a statement
The Biden administration previously argued that halting implementation of the vaccine mandate could lead to dozens or even hundreds of deaths