Posted on 11/29/2021 10:57:05 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a coronavirus vaccine mandate on thousands of health care workers in 10 states that had brought the first legal challenge against the requirement.
The court order said that the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid had no clear authority from Congress to enact the vaccine mandate for providers participating in the two government health care programs for the elderly, disabled and poor.
The preliminary injunction by St. Louis-based U.S. District Judge Matthew Schelp applies to a coalition of suing states that includes Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. Similar lawsuits also are pending in other states.
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Locally, Walgreens and HyVee are out of the vax.
While it’s the correct ‘ruling’, I get very tired of seeing the words ‘preliminary or temporary’; words meaning that everything can be reversed by some a-hole leftist judge.
Stupid media won’t even say which Circuit issued the ruling in the opening paragraph. “A Federal judge”, REALLY?
Oh, never mind, it was a district judge. But according to the commie-libs, any district judge can ban anything they want banned in the whole nation.
“The preliminary injunction by St. Louis-based U.S. District Judge Matthew Schelp...”
Doesn’t look like a circuit-level injunction.
I thought there were more than 10 states in opposition. Did the rest only pay lip service?
Preliminary injunction is the first step. The Judge can’t just jump to a permanent injunction.
There are at least 3 lawsuits filed by states. This 10-state one, a 12-state one, and one filed by Texas.
Weird that federal judges ruling against Trump always had immediate nationwide effect.....
He will torment the Left for a long time, hopefully.
Sadly if you live a leftist communist state then this will do you now good.
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