From Reason:
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has extended its stay on the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private employers, which the unanimous three-judge panel called "fatally flawed" and "staggeringly broad." The stay, which the court issued on Friday evening, says OSHA shall "take no steps to implement or enforce the Mandate until further court order." It is officially a preliminary pause "pending adequate judicial review of the petitioners' underlying motions for a permanent injunction." But the court left little doubt that it would grant those motions, saying "petitioners' challenges to the Mandate show a great likelihood of success on the merits."
This is exactly why Biden drug his feet for so long actually getting this thing into motion. The second that a rule was actually created, it was going to immediately be challenged in court from multiple angles. As expected, the courts find the jab mandate is a wild overreach and illegal.
But, as is Joe Biden’s MO, the mandators got what they wanted in the short term. How many people got jabbed thinking that the mandate was a real thing? How many are regretting that decision today?
More to come about this topic as it develops……
How does this affect upcoming new hires at a company that is enforcing it? Or is that a separate issue? We are caught in a pickle here and need the job due to start early Jan., but Hubby anxious about getting the jab. Hoping to fly under the radar, but that’s not a long-term strategy that will likely hold up. Needs to get to SCOTUS and IF they do the right thing (which isn’t guaranteed, obviously) it will stop employers from interfering in personal health choices and violating private information.
We can still send in comments to OSHA telling it what we think of the standard, up until Dec. 6, when the comment period ends. The comments page is at https://regulations.gov/commenton/OSHA-2021-0007-0001