Biden Can Force Vaccines on Contractors, DOJ Tells 11th Circuit

The U.S. government told a federal appeals court Friday that the president has the power to mandate the Covid-19 vaccine for federal contractors to help businesses run more efficiently as they deal with the virus and its effect on workers.

The Justice Department pushed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to overturn a nationwide injunction imposed against President Joe Biden’s executive order that would require federal contractors, which represent roughly a fifth of the nation’s workforce, to get the vaccine.

A federal court in Georgia in January blocked Biden’s order, and a string of other states challenged ...