Prognosis
Biden’s Shots-for-Millions Rule Hinges on Supreme Court Showdown
- Justices hear emergency challenge from states, business groups
- Vaccine push imperiled as omicron propels surge in virus cases
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The fate of President Joe Biden’s push to vaccinate millions of workers amid the latest Covid-19 surge rests with a U.S. Supreme Court likely to be wary of his assertion of broad federal power to confront the pandemic.
The justices hear arguments Friday on two administration rules, one demanding 80 million workers get vaccinated or regularly tested, and a second requiring shots for workers in facilities that receive government health-care funds. Business groups and Republican-led states are trying to stop the rules from taking effect, saying they would cost billions of dollars and violate state sovereignty.