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Feds for Medical Freedom v. Biden

CASE SUMMARY

The Rodden Plaintiffs are all current or former civilian employees of the Federal Government who acquired natural immunity to Covid-19 but were faced with an order requiring each to undergo a medical procedure that was unnecessary to them and of no use to any legitimate need of the Federal Government. The President of the United States and the agencies he directs have no power to direct their personal medical decisions, and this was particularly so when the vaccines they required were non- sterilizing, did not prevent transmission of Covid-19 to other employees, were only authorized for emergency use at the time of filing of the Complaint, and, in any event, were less efficacious than natural immunity in preventing reinfection with Covid-19.

To grant such a vast and uncabined power over the health decisions of federal employees to the agencies on such vague language implicated the non-delegation doctrine and major questions doctrine and such immense power should not have been readily read into the law. Deference to administrative agencies is particularly unwarranted in the Covid-19 context, as the assertions of the agencies have so often contrary to facts and reason.

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John J. Vecchione
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RELEVANT MATERIALS

NCLA FILINGS

Decision of the en Banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

March 23, 2023 | Read More

Motion of James Rodden, Isaac McLaughlin, Gabriel Escoto, Michelle Ruth Morton, Waddie Burt Jones, Ryan Charles Biggers, Carole Leann Mezzacapo, Edward Bryan Surgeon, Susan Reynolds, Roy Kenneth Egbert, George Gammon, Doris Forshee, John Luff, April Hanson, Dan Parente, Steve Hanley, and the New Civil Liberties Alliance for Leave to File Brief as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellees

September 2, 2022 | Read More

Brief Amici Curiae of James Rodden, Isaac McLaughlin, Gabriel Escoto, Michelle Ruth Morton, Waddie Burt Jones, Ryan Charles Biggers, Carole Leann Mezzacapo, Edward Bryan Surgeon, Susan Reynolds, Roy Kenneth Egbert Ii, George Gammon, Doris Forshee, John Luff, April Hanson, Dan Parente and Steven Hanley in Support of Appellees and Re-Hearing en Banc

June 1, 2022 | Read More

Opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Vacating Stay

April 7, 2022 | Read More

Brief Amici Curiae of James Rodden, Isaac McLaughlin, Gabriel Escoto, Michelle Ruth Morton, Waddie Burt Jones, Ryan Charles Biggers, Carole Leann Mezzacapo, Edward Bryan Surgeon, Susan Reynolds, Roy Kenneth Egbert, George Gammon, Doris Forshee, John Luff, April Hanson, Dan Parente and Steve Hanley in Support of Appellees

February 19, 2022 | Read More

PRESS RELEASES

In NCLA Amicus Win, en Banc Fifth Circuit Rules Against Biden’s Federal Employee Vaccine Mandate

March 27, 2023 | Read More

NCLA Amicus Brief Asks Full Fifth Circuit to Scrap Federal Employee Vaccine Mandate

September 6, 2022 | Read More

NCLA Amicus Brief Supports Fifth Circuit En Banc Review of the Federal Employee Vaccine Mandate

June 1, 2022 | Read More

Class-Action Plaintiffs in Fed. Employee Vaccine Mandate Case File Amicus Brief in Fifth Circuit Appeal

February 24, 2022 | Read More

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