Appeals Court Allows Biden Admin’s Private Business COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate to Take Effect

Appeals Court Allows Biden Admin’s Private Business COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate to Take Effect
President Joe Biden in Detroit, Mich., on Nov. 17, 2021. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
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A federal appeals court ruled in a split decision on Dec. 17 that the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for private companies with 100 or more employees can take effect.

The 2–1 decision by a panel of the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dissolves the stay entered by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last month on the nationwide mandate.