Conservative Justices skeptical of Biden vaccine policies
Washington Times
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On Friday, President Biden’s vaccine mandate will be presented in the Supreme Court. The Court’s special session will decide if the vaccine-or-test requirement goes forward–a critical juncture for an administration that campaigned on COVID response and ending the pandemic.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights the importance of the decision and underscores four questions ahead of the hearing: 1. Why were there lawsuits over the rues?, 2. Where does the Supreme Court stand on vaccine mandates?, 3. In the meantime, how have hospitals and business groups responded?, and 4. When will there be a decision?. The article also refers back to op-eds earlier this week out of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting on the skepticism of the conservative justices on the Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts asks the solicitor general, “It seems to me that the more and more mandates that pop up in different agencies, it's fair — I wonder if it's not fair for us to look at [this] as a general exercise of power by the federal government.” The court’s three liberal judges are primarily concerned with the public health impact of blocking the request and waiting for lower court proceedings.
A right-leaning article by Washington Time highlights the broader ramifications of the decision–”In a larger sense, what powers do federal – and state – governments have in a national emergency?” The article quotes the state’s GOP attorney general Eric Schmitt in saying, “The federal government is supposed to be one of limited powers. And forcing the vaccine on tens of millions of Americans isn’t one of them.”
From the right
Supreme Court poised to decide limits of Biden vaccine rules for businesses, health care workers
Washington Time