U.S. Appeals Nationwide Block to Contractor Vaccine Mandate

The U.S. government will appeal the Georgia federal court order that blocked enforcement of President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for all federal contractors nationwide.

Attorneys for the Justice Department filed the notice of appeal, asking for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to reconsider the decision and asked for an emergency stay to the order that blocked the mandate. They argue that not allowing the mandate to move forward damages the government’s ability to work with companies—as well as other government interests and the public—under terms of its choosing.

The Southern District of Georgia had ...