Supreme Court asked to halt Biden vaccine and testing mandate

Dozens of antivax proponents rallied against a NYC mandate requiring all private-sector workers to show proof of two vaccine doses.

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Business organizations, Republican-led states and other groups have asked the Supreme Court to block the Biden administration from enforcing its sweeping coronavirus vaccine mandate for employers with 100 employees or more.

The emergency requests came three days after a lower court in Cincinnati reinstated the mandate, under which employers must require their workers to either get vaccinated or face weekly testing for Covid.

Those asking the Supreme Court for an injunction include 27 states with Republican attorneys general or governors, private businesses, religious groups, and national industry associations such as the National Retail Federation, the American Trucking Associations and the National Federation of Independent Business.

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