Wed Jan 5, 2022 – 8:01 pm EST
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – Congress has joined the legal battle against the Biden administration’s push for COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
More than a third of U.S. Congress has filed a “friend of the court” brief to the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) arguing against President Biden’s administration’s attempt to force COVID-19 vaccine mandates through the use of Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) regulations.
“[OSHA] was never meant to be the health police,” they wrote. “Moreover, mandatory vaccinations do not stop individuals from contracting and transmitting COVID-19. Vaccinated workers can still contract and transmit COVID-19, including the new Omicron variant. Given that fact, imposing masking and testing restrictions only on unvaccinated workers makes no sense because all workers regardless of vaccination status remain potential carriers and transmitters of the virus.”
The White House seeks to use OSHA’s regulatory authority to force private businesses that have more than 100 employees to require employee COVID vaccinations or weekly testing. The brief supports the National Federation of Independent Business and the State of Ohio, the plaintiffs in the case fighting against Biden’s mandates.
Arguments against OSHA’s vaccine mandate are scheduled for hearing at SCOTUS on January 7. Additionally, the high court will hear
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