The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked President Biden's federal contractor vaccine mandate, ruling that the Executive Order exceeded the President's authority under the Procurement Act and violated the Tenth Amendment. The court found that the President cannot unilaterally impose healthcare requirements on federal contractors. This decision protects construction subcontractors working on federal projects from being forced to implement vaccine mandates as a condition of their contracts.
Federal contractor vaccine mandates are unenforceable—the President lacks the legal authority to impose them through executive order