WaPo: Justices Appear Skeptical Of OSHA Vax Mandate

The Washington Post reports:

Conservative Supreme Court justices on Friday appeared skeptical that the Biden administration has legal authority to impose a broad vaccination-or-testing requirement on large employers.

They seemed more in agreement with private businesses and Republican-led states that such policies need to be approved by Congress or implemented by state governments than a federal agency — in this case, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. was among the conservative justices, who make up a majority of the court, to wonder whether Congress had given authority for agencies “to enact such a broad regulation.”

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Supreme Court’s conservatives seem skeptical of Biden’s workplace vaccination rules w @amarimow https://t.co/9SiS1YLacJ

— Robert Barnes (@scotusreporter) January 7, 2022

One of the attorneys asking the Supreme Court to block Biden’s vaccine mandates is arguing remotely today because … he has COVID. https://t.co/um5VkXnFHT

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) January 7, 2022

Actually, it appears that TWO of the attorneys asking the Supreme Court to block Biden’s vaccine mandates have COVID. Louisiana Solicitor General Liz Murrill will argue remotely, too. https://t.co/ZoE18cxfx3

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) January 7, 2022