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Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh speaks at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Kavanaugh to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 27, 2018. Michael Reynolds/Pool/Getty Images

Attorneys for nearly a dozen faith-based employers are asking the Supreme Court to issue an emergency stay on enforcement of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate and to take the case for a full review by the nine justices.

“Relief is warranted because the mandate seeks to issue sweeping non-workplace, public health measures. The Occupational Safety and Health Act (‘OSH Act’) only concerns ’workplace-specific hazards’ and ‘workplace-specific safety measures,’” the faith-based employers told Justice Brett Kavanaugh in a motion filed late on Dec. 17.