A federal appeals court has kept the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal employees blocked until at least September.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans will revisit its April ruling by a three-judge panel that the administration has the legal authority to require federal employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19.The new injunction will remain until the case can be argued before the full court’s 17 judges.
Biden introduced Executive Order 14043 in September 2021, requiring more than 3.5 million federal executive branch workers to undergo vaccination unless they secured approved medical or religious exemptions. The order did not allow workers to choose regular testing in place of getting the vaccine.