Appeals court rejects Biden vaccine mandate impacting 20% of US workers

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the Biden administration can’t compel federal contractors to comply with its plans for a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit voted 2-1 against the mandate. The judges held that the government’s argument for imposing the mandate would allow presidents to “unilaterally impose a healthcare decision on one-fifth of all employees in the United States. We decline to do so.”