Tue Oct 18, 2022 – 6:28 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — A Washington, D.C. sports bar that refused to comply with the city’s vaccine mandate is suing the city’s health department for “unconstitutional emergency acts and orders.”
The Big Board’s lawsuit is based on a previous vaccine mandate forced upon private businesses.
In January, the restaurant’s liquor license was suspended by the city’s Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration because the company would not obey Democrat Mayor Muriel Bowser’s mandate that gyms, restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues check the vaccination status of patrons ages 12 or older, as previously reported by LifeSiteNews. The Big Board reopened in April when the mandate was invalidated.
“The repeated extension of emergency orders for months on end, authorized by the D.C. Council’s emergency legislation — which was not approved by Congress — have thwarted Congress’ reserved constitutional power,” the court complaint states. “The penalties levied on The Big Board by DC Health, including the restoration fee paid by The Big Board as a condition on the reinstatement of its license, was therefore unlawful. Plaintiffs thus seek declaratory relief and the return of that fee and other any other costs or fees assessed by
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