Abbott Wins Appeal Against Biden’s COVID Vaccine Mandates

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Texas Scorecard by  Emily Wilkerson June 13, 2023

The ruling states that President Biden cannot punish the state’s National Guard for refusing to get the COVID vaccine.

Just hours after Gov. Greg Abbott finally ended the COVID-19 disaster declaration, he announced that he won an appeals case against the Biden administration for attempting to enforce vaccine mandates on the Texas National Guard.

In January 2022, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against President Joe Biden to stop him from forcing the Texas Army National Guard and the Texas Air National Guard to get coronavirus vaccinations.

Over a year later, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit issued its ruling that the Constitution and laws of the United States deny Biden the power to punish members of the Texas National Guard if they refused to get injected with the vaccine.

Circuit Judge Andrew Oldham stated in his opinion that he rejects the president’s assertion of power over the members because they were not called into national service.

More: https://texasscorecard.com/state/abbott-wins-appeal-against-bidens-covid-vaccine-mandates/

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