Opponents of federal vaccine mandate seek rehearing
Source: AP
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court is being asked to reconsider its decision allowing the Biden administration to require that federal employees get vaccinated against COVID-19. A panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last month vacated a lower court ruling blocking the mandate and ordered dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the policy, which was ordered by President Joe Biden in September.
However, that 2-1 ruling by the appellate panel doesn’t take effect until May 31. On Saturday, opponents of the mandate, led by a group called Feds for Medical Freedom, filed a petition asking that the April ruling be vacated and that the full 17-member court hear new arguments in the case. On Monday, the 5th Circuit asked the government to respond by June 2; it was unclear if the court would take any action before then.
Biden issued an order Sept. 9 that more than 3.5 million federal executive branch workers undergo vaccination, with no option to get regularly tested instead, unless they secured approved medical or religious exemptions. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown, who was appointed to the District Court for the Southern District of Texas by then-President Donald Trump, issued a nationwide injunction against the requirement in January.
At the time, the White House said 98% of federal workers were already vaccinated. In February, one 5th Circuit panel refused to block Brown’s ruling pending appeal. After hearing arguments in March, a different panel ruled 2-1 that Brown didn’t have jurisdiction in the case and those challenging the requirement could have pursued administrative remedies under Civil Service law.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/biden-covid-health-government-and-politics-23b86b0db8e0770567698fb837c959d3
Just heard this on the local CBS affiliate news radio station here.
Apparently the anti-vaxxers are requesting a full Circuit review.
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at least until May 31st when it will become active again per the last appeals court ruling (that the anti-vaxxers are complaining about) vacating the earlier lower court stay on the mandate.
(tongue-twister 
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Make that, a virus - the Covid virus.
Scumbags. 
(just found out that one of my 20-something nephews who is fully vaxxed and boosted just tested positive
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and had co-workers who were pukes who blared Limpballs in their cubicles. I just never understood why they were there although one was former military.
There is a group-think that's been part of the problem with those who cling to the GOP. I.e., none of their brains are able conceive of being hypocrites.
What does it take??? We've already lost over a million Americans...
