Biden Defies Federal Appeals Court on Vaccine Mandate
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals says his mandate raises “grave” constitutional issues, but the White House tells businesses not to “wait.”
by George Neumayr
November 9, 2021, 11:11 PM
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit last Saturday suspended the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate on private businesses, saying that “the petitions give cause to believe there are grave statutory and constitutional issues with the mandate.” But the White House is defying the court. “People should not wait,” said White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. “They should continue to move forward and make sure they’re getting their workplace vaccinated.”
The arrogance of the Biden White House is on open display. “I’m quite confident that when this finally gets fully adjudicated, not just a temporary order, the validity of this requirement will be upheld,” White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain breezily proclaimed last Sunday. “If OSHA [Occupational Safety and Health Administration] can tell people to wear a hard hat on the job, to be careful around chemicals, it can … put in place these simple measures to keep our workers safe.”
Contrary to Klain’s spinning, Biden’s mandate is a blatantly unconstitutional and burdensome imposition on private businesses. It is not a “simple” workplace regulation but an audacious attempt to dictate the personal health-care decisions of millions of Americans.
“The Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate represents the greatest government overreach of our generation and we are elated that the court recognizes the ‘grave danger’ it poses not only to our clients, but all Americans,” said Patrick Hughes, president of the Liberty Justice Center, which, along with the Pelican Institute for Public Policy, filed the petition for a Louisiana business owner and six employees of CaptiveAire Systems before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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