The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, helmed by two Trump-appointed judges and another appointed by Ronald Reagan, issued the ruling Friday after GOP-aligned business and legal groups filed lawsuits.
in response to lawsuits filed by Republican-aligned businesses and legal groups.
They said they believed that the ruling imposed a financial burden on businesses and potentially violated the commerce clause of the Constitution. The vaccine mandate was released by the Biden administration last week after weeks of deliberation. It says private employers with more than 100 employees must require staff to get vaccinated — or face weekly testing and mandatory masking. Workers who don’t work on-site or with others are able to be exempted.
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