Additional statements from the Supreme Court determined that allowing OSHA to implement such a mandate would take them beyond the authority granted to them by Congress.
However, the Supreme Court did, in fact, choose to uphold Biden’s COVID vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. This will impact significantly fewer Americans than the mandate for big businesses would have.
Reactions to the Supreme Court’s verdict
Conservatives cheered the Supreme Court for striking down Biden’s OSHA vaccine mandate. However, many folks on the right also stated SCOTUS should have done the same for the vaccine mandate extending to healthcare workers across the country.
Meanwhile, left-wingers expressed ire and fury. They accused the Supreme Court of putting lives at risk by not upholding the mandate; however, these accusations don’t hold up against the fact that COVID vaccines do not stop virus infection or transmission.
Since Democrats failed to get their way, they also renewed calls to pack the Supreme Court with left-wing justices. The White House correspondingly released a statement, noting Biden’s dismay in the Supreme Court ending his highly opposed OSHA mandate.
