Thu 28 October 2021:
Governor Ron DeSantis announced on Thursday that the state of Florida has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration, disputing its Federal order mandating compulsory COVID-19 vaccinations for all workers in companies with government contracts.
The White House said federal contractor employees may get a religious or medical exemption from the vaccine mandate, adding that companies won’t have to take immediate action — including layoffs — against workers who aren’t vaccinated
“We are… going to pursue litigation today: The state of Florida has filed another lawsuit against the Biden administration challenging the federal order on vaccine mandates,” DeSantis said in a televised press conference. “It is not right for the federal government to require those contracts and try to shoehorn things in.”
The case was filed in Tampa, Florida, and the state government is seeking a preliminary injunction to stop the process, according to DeSantis.
“That is not the way business should be done: We do not think they have the authority to do this. … (The lawsuit has been) filed in the Tampa division we are going to seek a preliminary injunction. (The mandate) exceeds the current administration’s authority under the federal law and the Constitution,” he said.
State Attorney General Ashley Moody added that mandating vaccines was not the role of the federal government and that it had “absolutely no right, none whatsoever” to do so. Moody said the mandate was a complete and gross overreach of the federal government into the personal autonomy of US workers.
President Joe Biden announced last month the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is developing a rule that will require all businesses with 100 or more employees to ensure their workforce is fully vaccinated, or require any workers who remain unvaccinated to produce a negative test result on at least a weekly basis before coming to work.
Biden argued COVID-19 is currently responsible for a “pandemic of the unvaccinated.”
The president claimed his plan will ensure the U.S. is using every tool to combat the coronavirus and save lives in the months ahead, while also keeping schools open and safe and protecting the economy from lockdowns and further damage.
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