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Supreme Court Sides with 网曝吃瓜

On January 13^th, the Supreme Court sided with 网曝吃瓜 and saved America鈥檚 businesses from the onerous and unlawful Biden vaccine mandate. In a 6-3 decision, the Court that plaintiffs were likely to succeed on the full merits of the case, and blocked OSHA from enforcing the ETS.

网曝吃瓜鈥檚 challenge to the ETS in the Supreme Court centered on three main arguments:

• OSHA needed to use the typical notice-and-comment procedure for the mandate to gather input.
• A nationwide COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandate, monitoring, and database was fundamentally a policy decision that should be left to Congress.
• The mandate would result in unrecoverable compliance costs, lost profits, lost sales, and further exacerbate the labor shortage for small businesses.

In its opinion, the Court defined the contours of OSHA鈥檚 authority to 鈥渆nsure occupational safety鈥� and 鈥渟et workplace standards,鈥� but not to set 鈥渂road public health measures鈥� acting as a 鈥渂lunt instrument鈥� drawing no 鈥渄istinctions based on industry or risk of exposure to COVID-19.鈥� The Court further stated that the 鈥渦niversal risk鈥� from COVID-19 is 鈥渘o different from the day-to-day dangers that all face from crime, air pollution, or any number of communicable diseases[] and [p]ermitting OSHA to regulate the hazards of daily life鈥� would expand OSHA鈥檚 statutory authority without congressional approval.

Justices Gorsuch, Thomas, and Alito authored a concurrence. They agreed with the main opinion and stressed that our Constitution requires Congress and the States to take the lead in responding to the pandemic and public health emergencies. As such, OSHA had no authority to issue this ETS without a clear grant of authority from Congress.

Current ETS Status

Due to the Supreme Court blocking its enforcement, OSHA has the ETS effective as of January 26, 2022. This means that there is no existing federal mandate for business with 100 or more employees to require vaccination or weekly testing.

OSHA is transitioning the substantive provisions of the ETS to a proposed rule, which requires notice-and-comment rulemaking. This means that the public, businesses, and organizations like 网曝吃瓜 will now have the opportunity to provide comment and recommendations about how best to protect against COVID-19, while also ensuring businesses are not burdened with unconstitutional enactments, lost profits, and burdensome compliance requirements.

For more information on the Small Business Legal Center visit nfib.com/legal.

Updated January 25, 2022

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