Good afternoon Red. Pardon me if I’m wrong but as far as I can see... Brandon is getting smashed in the courts.
He might have won an early decision or two in the lower courts but ever since then the more important courts have been striking down the mandate consistently.
Yes he has..........................
The courts have certainly been giving relief. Thank goodness.
Yes, but because of the somewhat counter-intuitive way court decisions work, we only have to win one case at the district court level to get a national injunction. Doesn't matter how many you lose because the result of those "losses" is just a dismissal of that particular case. There isn't any "order" saying that it must be upheld throughout the nation. And we've won.
I know how much he is hated, but the truth is that we're winning in these courts largely because The Turtle tossed the judicial filibuster, and rammed through huge numbers of Trump nominees. And, despite the predictions McConnell would fold, also kept Garland off the Supreme Court.
Credit to the Turtle where it is due on judges.
FWIW, I think the currrent status is ...
OSHA/ETS - Dead
Contractor mandate - Dead for now
CMS - Mixed court decisions. 11th Circuit came out yesterday and denied TRO against CMS vax mandate - see FN7 of Dec 7 Opinion in Georgia et al v. Biden contractor case.
OSHA can keep pushing. It will be putting out a final rule, not an emergency rule, in about a month.
The government is never going to relent on mandates. when told “Not this way” they just push another way.