The high court’s three liberal justices dissented. A second ruling allowed to stand a mandate covering facilities paid by Medicare and Medicaid.
Author: John Fritze, USA TODAY
Supreme Court to hear arguments in challenges to Biden vaccine-or-testing mandates on Jan. 7
The Supreme Court took the unusual step of scheduling oral argument for in several emergency challenges to Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine requirements.
Federal appeals court reinstates Biden COVID-19 vaccine-or-testing mandate for large employers
A federal appeals court reinstated the Biden administration’s vaccine-or-testing mandate for big companies. Another court put it on hold in November.
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Federal appeals court keeps on hold Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine-or-testing rule for large companies
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Solicitor general pick Elizabeth Prelogar poised for approval despite ‘flipflopping’ charge
Elizabeth Prelogar, who President Biden nominated to be the federal government’s top Supreme Court lawyer, has mostly sailed through her confirmation.
Qualified immunity: Supreme Court sides with police, overturns denial of immunity in two cases
The cases came to the Supreme Court as the nation grapples with questions about the use of force by police and legal protections for officers.
Biden’s Supreme Court commission ‘divided’ on adding justices but warns of ‘considerable’ risk
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