Attorneys general in 11 states of the United States of America filed suit against President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday, challenging the vaccine mandate for workers at companies with more than 100 employees.
The lawsuit, filed in the 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis, argues that the authority to force vaccination rests with the states, not the federal government.
“This mandate is unconstitutional, illegal and unwise,” said the court filing by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmidt, one of several Republicans vying for the state’s open US Senate seat next year.
New rules from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration mandate that companies with more than 100 employees require their employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or tested for the virus weekly and wear masks at work. The requirement is to start on January 4. Failure to comply can result in a fine of approximately $14,000 per violation.
Missouri joined the lawsuit by Republican attorneys general for Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. The office of Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, a Democrat, also joined the suit, along with several private, nonprofit and religious employers.
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