Biden’s Vaccine Mandate Plan Has Shot Despite Past Court Losses

Prior litigation over emergency health and safety regulations and executive orders for federal contractors gives clues to how courtroom battles may unfold over the Biden administration’s latest bid to boost Covid-19 vaccination rates.

President Joe Biden last week directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to develop an emergency temporary rule on employer vaccination requirements, which would also include an option for workers to get tested regularly instead of getting a shot.

Biden also said federal contractors will have to follow to-be-determined guidelines formulated by the White House’s Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, which will presumably include a vaccine mandate. ...