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Coronavirus Roundup: CDC Guidance Updates; Another Challenge to the National Guard Vaccine Mandate

…“I think there’s a lot of uncertainty in terms of what the requirements are given that [the mandate] was implemented” before the injunction and the deadlines have changed several times, said Plexico. What companies actually have to ultimately do, “that’s going to vary, at this point, by state. So, that’s something to pay attention to”…
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Biden Administration Sued Over COVID Mandate for Contractors

A nonpartisan civil rights group has sued the Biden administration over its mandate that federal contract workers get vaccinated against COVID-19 or be tested weekly. The Washington D.C.-based New Civil Liberties Alliance filed the class-action lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan in Grand Rapids on behalf of 11 federal contract…
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Michigan Lawsuit Challenges Biden Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contract Employees

A new federal lawsuit filed in Michigan Tuesday joins others across the nation challenging the constitutionality of the President Joe Biden administration’s vaccine mandate, tentatively scheduled to begin taking effect Jan. 10. The lawsuit, filed by 11 federal contract employees, including six from Michigan, accuses the Biden administration mandate of forcing “virtually everyone who works…
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Remote Minnesota Worker Joins Lawsuit Challenging Biden Vaccine Mandate

A Minnesota resident is suing the Biden administration in a class action lawsuit regarding the president’s executive order mandating employees of federal contractors and subcontractors receive the COVID-19 vaccine. New Civil Liberties Alliance announced Tuesday that it had sued President Joe Biden, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, the Office of Management and Budget, and other government agencies…
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Fight Against 'Bump Stock Ban' Reaches Fifth Circuit Court

Late last week the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, covering most of Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi, took up “Michael Cargill v. Garland, et al,” a case challenging the 2017 Trump-issued Executive Order prompting the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATF, ATF) to list so-called “bump stocks” as “machine guns” and have them banned according…
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MSU Vaccine Mandate Stands After Judge Again Denies Challenger

COVID-19 vaccinations will continue to be required at Michigan State University after a judge denied an employee’s attempt to block the mandate. MSU President Samuel Stanley Jr. announced July 30 that all students, faculty and staff would be required to get vaccinated against COVID-19 if they planned to be on campus this fall. Short of a…
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