The States asked a federal judge to block Mr. Biden’s requirement that all employees of federal contractors be vaccinated against the coronavirusEleven States filed lawsuits on October 29 to stop President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors, arguing that the requirement violates federal law. That lawsuit, along with one filed October 29 by Texas and October 28 by Florida, brings to 12 the number of States challenging the Biden administration mandate in three federal courts. “The federal government does not have the ability to strip individuals of their choice to get a vaccine or not. The Democratic Party of Georgia called the lawsuit a “dangerous political stunt.”Florida filed a separate lawsuit against the federal mandate on October 27. That lawsuit also alleged the president doesn’t have the authority to issue the rule and that it violates procurement law.

Source: The Hindu October 30, 2021 03:58 UTC