SCOTUS Could Permanently Stop Biden’s Shot Mandates

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court will hold a special session on Friday, January 7, in order to hear oral arguments for two separate challenges to the Biden administration’s shot mandates for businesses with over 100 employees and for health care workers at facilities receiving Medicaid and Medicare funding. The cases cover two federal policies: the “Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard,” a shot-or-test mandate for 84 million private employees, and the “Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule,” a shot mandate for 17 million health care workers at facilities that receive Medicare or Medicaid funding. The larger question in these cases is whether the federal government has the authority to force employers to require injections.