, which came days after the justices heard arguments in the emergency appeal, marked the second time the nation's highest court had unwound a key pandemic policy of the Biden administration, once again concluding that federal officials had exceeded the power given to them by Congress. The, ruling that it, too, amounted to government overreach.
"Although Congress has indisputably given OSHA the power to regulate occupational dangers, it has not given that agency the power to regulate public health more broadly," the court wrote."Requiring the vaccination of 84 million Americans, selected simply because they work for employers with more than 100 employees, certainly falls in the latter category.
"The challenges posed by a global pandemic do not allow a federal agency to exercise power that Congress has not conferred upon it," the court wrote in the separate opinion."At the same time, such unprecedented circumstances provide no grounds for limiting the exercise of authorities the agency has long been recognized to have."Four of the court's conservative justices dissented.
"These cases are not about the efficacy or importance of COVID-19 vaccines," Associate Justice Clarence Thomas wrote."They are only about whether has the statutory authority to force healthcare workers, by coercing their employers, to undergo a medical procedure they do not want and cannot undo."Biden announced policies in November that cover employers with more than 100 workers, health sites and federal contractors.
BTW this headline SUCKS. Do you think anything COVID related is funny? Abusing Judith Viorst’s charming book to downplay the horrific consequences of SCOTUS’ vile decision, is why we are turning against the media. Loathsome fckrs.
The Supreme Court operated remotely for well over a year but today six of them ruled it was not an occupational hazard. In addition to being illegitimate they are also hypocrites.
About time. It took too long!
We don't have a Court, we have an unelected cabal of Republicans in robes who don't believe in democracy or the Constitution; these fanatical right wing evangelicals want America to be a theocracy where every citizen is ruled by Christianity despite their religion or lack thereof
The Supreme Court has upheld freedom today🥳
Way to go SCOTUS! Now gop will take Congress back this year and stack the courts and abolish the filibuster so we can pass all of it. And will point to democrats for wanting it. Heheh
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