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US federal appeals court halts Biden's COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandate for businesses
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Business Insider | 07/11/2021 09:01 AM | Click to read full article
A US federal appeals court on Saturday froze President Joe Biden's mandate that all businesses with at least 100 employees require COVID-19 vaccinations or weekly testing.
There are potentially "grave statutory and constitutional" issues at play with Biden's mandate, a ruling from the New Orleans-based US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit says.