An appeals court on Friday upheld its decision to pause President Biden’s sweeping vaccine mandate for private companies, calling the rule “staggeringly overbroad.”
A three-member panel of the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans cited “grave statutory and constitutional” concerns about the mandate, which would force all full and part-time workers at businesses with 100 or more employees to be vaccinated or get tested weekly and wear face masks.
“The mandate is a one-size-fits-all sledgehammer that makes hardly any attempt to account for differences in workplaces (and workers),” Circuit Judge Kurt Engelhardt wrote for the panel in its opinion.
“The public interest is also served by maintaining our constitutional structure and maintaining the liberty of individuals to make intensely personal decisions according to their own convictions – even, or perhaps particularly, when those decisions frustrate government officials,” Engelhardt wrote in the decision.
– Read more at the NY Post
GOPUSA Editor’s Note: While this is not settled it is delayed. The Supreme Court will eventually have the final decision.
The judge made a very cogent point, the public interest is best served when we preserve our Constitution and the liberty of individuals in making personal decisions, clinching it with: even if it frustrates government officials. Those official work for the people and at no time exercise authority over them unless it is expressly given, in this case many people are saying loudly.”NO!”
NOW let’s see if that appeals court has the POWER to enforce their ruling!
Excellent point, especially with Fraudci getting absolutely no oversight, Governors and mayors ignoring our Constitution.
And even AFTER courts have smacked them down, THEY STILL JUST go on ignoring the courts..
Forcing Americans to take the shot is unconstitutional and our Republicans In Congress must make it known to everyone
Seems that Sen. Paul is the only one left who doesn’t take estrogen injections.
This may well be only the beginning of many rejections for the left wing liberal democrats trying to ram their socialist ways down our throat. At least we have some hope for keeping our constitution in tact.
I agree, BUT it will not happen automatically… Lawsuits MUST be filed (and, frankly, the MORE the merrier)…
In order to FORCE the SCOTUS to take a case, it often required CONFLICTING RULINGS of lower courts.
SO, the more lawsuits are filed, the higher the chances of getting conflicting rulings, thereby FORCING the SCOTUS to hear an appeal, and, thus, to make a FINAL ruling on the matter!
EVERTHING the Liberals are doing (to destroy our Constitutional Rights – and to erode the fabric of a civilized society – MUST be challenged in court!
It’s time for entire population that is tired of the Unconstitutional B.S. spewing from supposedly elected officials to force a recall election of all of them.
oloo biden ooIo
Let’s go Brandon