TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 27, 2023

A federal appeals court in New Orleans last week upheld a district court judge's ruling blocking enforcement of President Joe Biden's 2021 executive order, which required all federal employees to take a COVID-19 vaccine. The Associated Press reports that the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected arguments that Biden, as the nation’s chief executive, has the same authority as the CEO of a private corporation. The ruling from the full court reversed an earlier ruling by a three-judge panel that had upheld the vaccination requirement. Biden issued the order in September 2021. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown issued a nationwide injunction the following January.