Missouri Court Latest to Block Biden Contractor Vaccine Mandate

A federal court in Missouri blocked the Biden administration’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for government contractors in 10 states, becoming the latest to grant an injunction as part of a series of challenges to the president’s power to set workplace requirements via executive order.

U.S. Magistrate Judge David Noce of the Eastern District of Missouri sustained a preliminary injunction against the order, which was challenged by a state coalition led by Missouri.

The ruling will apply to contractors in Arkansas, Alaska, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.

It follows a Georgia federal court’s nationwide injunction ...