Biden Vaccine Rule Fights Prompt Clashing Calls to High Court
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Legal battles over the Biden administration’s two vaccine rules intensified Thursday, with a flurry of Supreme Court briefings ahead of next month’s hearings that test the powers of the federal government to make decisions amid the pandemic.
The administration urged the justices to let its rule for employers remain in effect while litigation against the measure proceeds at a federal appeals court. A group of Republican-led states separately told the high court that the health worker mandate—currently blocked in half the U.S.—shouldn’t resume nationwide while several lawsuits unfold.