Tue Dec 21, 2021 – 1:11 pm ESTTue Dec 21, 2021 – 2:44 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — The fate of the Biden administration’s sprawling COVID jab mandate for large private businesses may soon be determined by the U.S. Supreme Court after numerous groups filed a deluge of appeals asking the Court to block enforcement of the rule, which was given the go-ahead by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Friday.
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, a Trump-appointee, has asked the Biden administration to respond to the appeals by 4 p.m. on December 30, just days before the requirement is set to take effect on January 4, 2022.
Fox News reported that “[t]he appeals went to Kavanaugh because of geography — he oversees emergency appeals from the Sixth Circuit.”
The Supreme Court is not set to rule on the validity of the Biden administration’s controversial jab mandate, but will instead simply decide whether or not to halt enforcement of the rule while lower courts hash out its merits.
If allowed by the Court to proceed, the mandate would force businesses with 100 or more employees to “develop, implement, and enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy” or require workers to
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