Posted on 10/13/2021 5:35:04 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
(Reuters) - Texas Governor Greg Abbott's ban on COVID-19 vaccine mandates will likely be superseded by the Biden administration plan to require shots for workers, but the dueling rules could take months to sort out in court, creating uncertainty for employers with business in the state.
The Republican governor signed an executive order on Monday banning private employers and other entities from imposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates, which he said threatened an economic recovery by disrupting the workforce.Some large employers are betting that federal law and President Joe Biden's vaccine mandates will trump Abbott's executive order.
"Companies recognize they have to comply with one or the other but not both, and the Texas order is more likely to be struck down than the federal order," said Steve Cave, a King & Spalding attorney who specializes in government contracts.
The supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from interfering with valid federal laws.
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Buried in the article is that companies are currently responding to a press release from a month ago rather than any formal mandate.
I wish that they would cite the bill number, executive order number etc.
Oh, that’s right!! It is a “suggestion”
What federal law ?
Um, there is no federal law. Such a federal law would have to be, you know, passed by Congress. Executive orders are just that, an order for the executive administration and nothing more. EOs do not have reach beyond the executive branch of the federal government. And this is why we have the 10th Amendment of the Constitution.
"Um, there is no federal law."
Correct. The author is a dunce.
There is no “federal law.” Just some pudding brain edict coming from an imbecile wanna be dictator.
NOW ENFORCE IT!
FJB!
Abrogation of federal law is the rule now
Federal law can just be ignored by the states at will
An illegal fleeing to Texas is just stupid when he could flee to the federal lawless sanctuary of California
Where is the ‘valid federal law?’
Bring back Clara Peller from the old Wendy's advertisement.
Head’s up for the “press release” that took down the economy
That’s the case if it’s actually a LAW.
But a decree is not a law.
It would be interesting to see a SCOTUS ruling on whether an Executive Edict trumps State Edicts. Neither one has legislative backing.
Of course hoping the chickensh#t SCOTUS would actually rule on this is like hoping you win the lottery.
Certainly a good test of the 10th Amendment.
There is no federal law.
There is nothing in the Constitution about health care.
There is nothing in the Constitution about federal control of employment practices.
Texas got there first, wrote a law, and reserved power to the state not delegated to the federal government.
If the 10th means anything at all, I would think TX would win.
Hey Hals, no going to happen.
Show me the law that states that Biteme has that authority.
5.56mm
Oh... now we’re invoking the supremacy law?
I think it’s time for sanctuary states against vaxx mandates.
Its not federal law, thats an excuse, even though it does not exist. Its federal contracts. Biden basically telling the airline industry that their gravy train is going to dry up if they dont comply. Too bad the pilots and air traffic controllers will be the true deciding factor.
Most Fortune 100 companies operating in Texas have already stated, based on their legal counsel, that they will ignore the Governor’s order.
What federal law? There is no federal law. There isn't even a rulemaking out of OSHA yet.
Go Pound Sand, Brandon.
Reuters. There is no federal “law” .
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