The most recent component to President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate is now on hold.
Recently, the President said Head Start employees need to be fully vaccinated against the virus and students ages 2 and older need to wear masks. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt and 23 other state attorneys general filed suit, saying the mandate would aggravate child care shortages and could lead to facilities either closing or reducing capacity. A federal judge in Louisiana agreed to a temporary injunction, putting enforcement on hold until further legal review.
Schmidt and other state attorneys general have now filed four challenges against the different individual 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 hear the case. Two others, one for healthcare facilities and one for federal contractors, are under temporary injunction at this time.
