by Just the News Staff
The Supreme Court on Friday hearing oral arguments on two major Biden administration efforts to increase the country’s vaccination rate against COVID-19 — starting with the mandate requiring large-scale employers to require workers to be vaccinated or tested.
In the first case, the National Federation of Independent Business, et al., Applicants v. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, et al.
OSHA is more specifically requiring businesses with 100 or more workers either require them to be vaccinated or et tested weekly and wear masks while working, with exceptions for those who work outdoors.
in the arguments, some in the nine-member court’s conservative majority expressed skepticism for the employer rule, according to the Associated Press.
Justice Neil Gorsuch and Chief Justice John Roberts suggested the federal government had overstepped its authority.
Roberts said it’s “hard to argue” that federal officials had been given the power to act by Congress. Trump-appointee Justice Amy Coney Barrett suggested that a problem with the rule was its broad scope, also according to the wire service.
However, the court’s three liberal justices seemed to support for the employer rule.
Justice Elena Kagan said…
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