mandate for federal employees, arguing that he didn't have the authority to do so"with the stroke of a pen and without input from Congress."
"While vaccines are undoubtedly the best way to avoid serious illness from COVID-19, there is no reason to believe that the public interest cannot be served via less restrictive measures than the mandate, such as masking, social distancing, or part- or full-time remote work," Brown wrote."Stopping the spread of COVID-19 will not be achieved by overbroad policies like the federal-worker mandate.
The ruling from Brown Friday is not a final ruling on the policy. It simply blocks the mandate from being enforced while the litigation is pending. Samantha Ervin, left, a pharmacist at the Upper Tanana Health Center, administers the second COVID-19 vaccine shot to Maggie Roach Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021, in Tok, Alaska.A ruling from the Fifth Circuit could potentially then be appealed to the Supreme Court.
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