More than two dozen Republican-led states — including New Hampshire — filed lawsuits Friday challenging President Biden’s vaccine requirement for private companies, setting up a high-stakes legal showdown.
More than two dozen Republican-led states — including New Hampshire — filed lawsuits Friday challenging President Biden’s vaccine requirement for private companies, setting up a high-stakes legal showdown. The requirement issued Thursday by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration applies to businesses with more than 100 employees. Their workers must be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan.4 or face mask requirements and weekly tests. The lawsuits ask courts to decide whether the administration’s effort to curtail the pandemic represents a federal power grab and usurps the authority of states to set health policy. At least 26 states filed lawsuits challenging the rule. Massachusetts was not one of them. “This mandate is unconstitutional, unlawful, and unwise,” Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said in a court filing in the St.
