The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit reaffirmed its decision to press pause on the implementation of the Biden vaccine requirements.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, in an opinion issued Friday evening, reaffirmed its decision to press pause on the implementation of the Biden vaccine requirements.
Demonstrators hold signs during a protest against Covid-19 mandates outside the General Motors Tech Center in Warren, Michigan, U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021.vaccine and testing requirements for private businesses "fatally flawed" and "staggeringly overbroad," arguing that the requirements likely exceed the authority of the federal government and raise "serious constitutional concerns.
While the court has not yet ruled on the constitutionality of the requirements, the three-judge panel made clear that the lawsuits seeking to overturn the mandates "are likely to succeed on the merits." They criticized the requirements as "a one-size-fits-all sledgehammer that makes hardly any attempt to account for differences in workplaces ."
The Biden administration had asked the court on Monday to lift the pause, warning that delaying implementation "would likely cost dozens or even hundreds of lives per day" as the virus spreads. White House officials have repeatedly said that Covid clearly poses a grave danger to workers, pointing to the staggering death toll from the virus and the high levels of transmission in counties across the U.S.
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