More lawsuits are coming to fight President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
The latest one from Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt and 23 other state attorneys general involves a new mandate for Head Start programs, which says staff, volunteers and others coming in contact with Head Start students must get vaccinated by Jan. 31. It also says everybody at Head Start programs ages 2 and up must wear face masks.
Schmidt says the mandate will “worsen child care shortages” and could lead to staffers quitting and facilities either closing or reducing their capacities.
Schmidt and other state attorneys general have now filed four challenges, all against various components of the Biden mandate. One involving businesses with at least 100 employees has been allowed to stand and is now awaiting a decision from the US Supreme Court on whether it will even hear arguments. Two others, one for healthcare facilities and one for federal contractors, are under temporary injunction at this time.
