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A national vaccine mandate requires enabling legislation, not executive orders. Yes, congressional law trumps state law but executive orders do not. This view
by rsj_hn 5y ago
A national vaccine mandate requires enabling legislation, not executive orders.
Yes, congressional law trumps state law but executive orders do not. This view that Biden can issue an executive order and break lease agreements or union contracts, or local state regulations all across the country is really dangerous. We do not have a king, but it seems a lot of people really want the president to legislate via decree as long as they agree with the decree. That is a very dangerous belief.
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoBlame Article Two of the Constitution for giving presidents such power. Also most rules on work place safety have been done via executive agency, not via congressional legislation.
- rsj_hn 5y agoBoth of these statements are false, but since you provided no rationale or examples, you'll have to wait until this executive order is thrown out like the one banning evictions. Trying to tie vaccine mandates to workplace safety is a howler (https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/572149-bidens-wildly-unconstitutional-vaccine-mandate https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/572149-bidens-wildly-u...) but we will need to wait for the courts to toss this.
- seanmcdirmid 5y ago> Both of these statements are false, but since you provided no rationale or examples So you claim without rationale or examples. > you'll have to wait until this executive order is thrown out like the one banning evictions. The eviction ban had nothing to do with workplace safety. It doesn't come under the executive's power to manage federal contracts and workplace safety via OSHA. In fact, it is much more grounded as an executive order than most of the other executive orders dealt out in the past 8 years.
- rsj_hn 5y agoThe executive order is for all employers that employ more than 100 workers, not federal contracts. But even federal contracts can't be amended by executive decree once they are signed. But if you are so certain that the EO is constutional all you will need to do is wait.
- davidf18 5y agoAuthor of that cited article is with the very conservative Heartland Institute. Protecting vaccinated patients from being infected through vaccine breakthrough by unvaccinated patients is clearly a health and safety rule which is under OSHA. Unvaccinated employees because they are much more likely to become infected, and infectious for longer periods of time than vaccinated employees, present a biohazard risk to vaccinated employees. The Heartland author article did not even mention health and safety and biohazards.