
The mandate “threatens to substantially burden the liberty interests of reluctant individual recipients put to a choice between their job(s) and their jab(s),” the court said. In a 22-page opinion, the court had harsh words for the vaccine mandate.

Its ruling comes ahead of a Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation lottery to determine which federal appeals court will be assigned to adjudicate the many legal challenges to the measure now pending across the country. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, solidifies its earlier order blocking implementation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s emergency regulation. The ruling, issued today by the New Orleans-based U.S. 6 order pausing President Joe Biden’s shot-or-test mandate for businesses with 100 or more employees.
