A federal appeals judge ruled on Thursday that the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal workers could stand, ending a preliminary injunction against the ruling.
The 5th Court of Appeals ruled 2 to 1 in the decision, reversing an earlier decision that blocked the vaccine mandate for federal workers.
#BREAKING: Federal appeals court upholds Biden admin vaccine mandate for federal workers https://t.co/T2DVLRP3Ku pic.twitter.com/mCJIIkjpKj
— The Hill (@thehill) April 7, 2022
“The plaintiffs could have challenged an agency’s proposed action against them before filing this suit and certainly before getting vaccinated,” Judge Carl Stewart wrote in the ruling.
In the dissent, Judge Hawkins Barksdale said the “case at hand is instead a pre-enforcement challenge to a government-wide policy, imposed by the President, that would affect the 2.1 million federal civilian workers.”
“The President seeks to require an entire class of employees to be vaccinated or be subject to an adverse action. Simply put, CSRA does not cover pre-enforcement employment actions,” Barksdale wrote.
A federal appeals court on Thursday reversed a decision that had blocked the White House from requiring federal workers to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.https://t.co/2Zzp5zuoCy
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 8, 2022
The ruling comes as a blow to federal workers seeking an exemption to the decision that is considered government overreach by many regarding the requirement.
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