Biden Bid to Lift Block on Federal Worker Shot Mandate Denied

A federal appeals court declined Wednesday to lift an injunction blocking the Biden administration from enforcing a Covid-19 vaccination requirement for federal workers.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in a 2-1 vote, will allow the injunction to remain in place while the court determines whether the vaccine order exceeds the president’s authority.

The injunction, granted by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in January, bars the government from directing federal agencies to require their employees to be vaccinated.

Circuit Court Judge Stephen A. Higginson dissented, writing that Biden was likely to succeed ...