Yet another federal court has placed a temporary hold on President Biden’s Covid-19 vaccine mandates for federal contractors in ten states. This time, the decision came from a federal judge in Missouri.
That means the mandate cannot be enforced, for the time being, in states that are part of a coalition challenging them in court: Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
Two Republican Attorneys General are leading the fight in court, calling the mandate unconstitutional.
There was already a nationwide halt in place from a federal court in Georgia. It made the same decision on behalf of seven states suing: Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, South Carolina, Utah, and West Virginia.
And in late November, another court decision blocked the mandates for federal contractors in Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee.
