- The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday night overturned a lower court’s ruling which blocked Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate
- Biden issued an executive order on September 9 ordering vaccinations for all executive branch agency employees, with medical and religious exceptions
- In January, the order was overturned by a judge in Texas who said Biden had overstepped his powers
- The administration argued that the Constitution gives the president, as the head of the federal workforce, the same authority as the CEO of a private corporation
- Lawyers challenging the mandate noted a Supreme Court opinion that the government cannot force private employers to require employee vaccinations