A pair of rulings by separate federal judges Tuesday temporarily halted parts of the Biden administration’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy for certain workers.
One ruling, issued by a Louisiana-based federal judge, effectively blocked a vaccine mandate for health workers across the country at hospitals that receive federal funding.
A second ruling, by a Kentucky-based federal judge, paused the administration's vaccine mandate for federal contractors in Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee.
The developments are just the latest in a string of legal setbacks for President Biden as his administration seeks to blunt the effects of a global pandemic that has already killed more than 750,000 people in the U.S.
The ruling from the Louisiana-based judge dovetails with a Monday decision by yet another federal judge, based in Missouri, who on Monday blocked the mandate for health workers in 10 states. Tuesday’s ruling effectively extended that order nationwide.
The Republican attorney general of West Virginia, one of the state plaintiffs in the latest case, celebrated the temporary win.
“We are pleased that the court made a sensible decision and sided with individual freedoms for health care workers,” West Virginia attorney general Patrick Morrisey said in a statement. “Our group has successfully stopped this mandate from taking effect for the time being, and we believe the mandate will be struck down permanently moving forward.”
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