The Supreme Court announced on Wednesday (Dec. 29) it will decide on a fast-track basis whether President Biden has the legal authority to order hospitals and other large employers to require their workers to be vaccinated for COVID-19.
The justices said they will hear arguments January 7 on what has become a red-state-versus-blue-state divide over the government’s authority to require people to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
The key question before the court involves whether Congress gave the president broad power to regulate the workplace and require employees to be vaccinated or regularly tested for SARS-CoV-2.