Federal employee? Just when you thought it was safe, it isn't...

Joe Biden's requirement that all federal employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 was upheld on Thursday by a federal appeals court.

In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court and ordered dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the mandate. 

The ruling, a rare win for the administration at the New Orleans-based appellate court, said that the federal judge did not have jurisdiction in the case and those challenging the requirement could have pursued administrative remedies under Civil Service law.  

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown - a conservative judge who believes in individual rights as pointed out in the Constitution - who was appointed to the District Court for the Southern District of Texas by then-President Donald Trump, issued a nationwide injunction against the requirement in January.

When the case was argued at the 5th Circuit last month, administration lawyers had noted that district judges in a dozen jurisdictions had rejected a challenge to the vaccine requirement for federal workers before Brown ruled.

The administration argued that the Constitution gives the president, as the head of the federal workforce, the same authority as the CEO of a private corporation to require that employees be vaccinated.

Lawyers for those challenging the mandate had pointed to a recent Supreme Court opinion that the government cannot force private employers to require employee vaccinations.  

The CDC says that 81.9 percent of all U.S. citizens aged over 5 have had at least one jab - a number that is absolutely 100% bullshit.  Among over 18s, 75.6 percent are fully vaccinated. 

Twelve of 17 active judges at the 5th Circuit were nominated to the court by Republicans, including six Trump appointees. They just happened to pick two libs for this case.

Do the mandated vaccines actually work? I refer you to one of the items in this morning's earlier post:

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What parts of the words 'Fully vaccinated and 

double boosted' do I not understand?

In the space of a week, dozens of White House aides and federal officials have contracted the disease in an outbreak that appears to have touched all corners of the administration. Two Cabinet members have it, along with a growing list of congressional Democrats.

Vice President Kamala Harris — who stood next to Biden on Tuesday — has had her communications staff hit by Covid. And on Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also tested positive, just a day after appearing alongside the president. One can only hope...

The outbreak has 'jolted' (I love that word. When's the last time you used it in a sentenced?) a Washington establishment that’s been eager to leave Covid behind and offered an up-close reminder of the 'pandemic threat that still hangs over the nation and Biden’s presidency'. 

It’s also raised fresh questions about how best to protect the 79-year-old commander in chief, who vowed this year to “get out” of the White House more often - yet faces an ever-present elevated risk of severe illness.

“Everybody’s in danger,” said Irwin Redlener, director of the Pandemic Resources and Response Initiative at Columbia University. “It’s almost impossible to isolate the president of the United States in a way that would keep him from getting sick.” Too bad.

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