Courts keep chipping away at Biden COVID-19 vaccine mandates

Federal judges in Louisiana and Texas continue to chip away at mandates

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Federal judges in Louisiana and Texas continue to chip away at Biden administration COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

In a lawsuit filed by Louisiana, Indiana and Mississippi, a Louisiana federal judge declined to block a requirement that all employees of federal contractors get vaccinated – noting that there is already a nationwide block on that mandate issued by a Georgia court. But the Louisiana judge did block the mandate in federal contracts or grant agreements between any of the three states and the federal government.

Also, a Texas-based federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the mandate for health care workers in that state.

The health worker mandate has now been blocked in half the states.