People who live with a government where everything is allowed except what is explicitly forbidden won’t stand for a sudden, drastic, decrease in liberty without

People who live with a government where everything is allowed except what is explicitly forbidden won’t stand for a sudden, drastic, decrease in liberty without a representative vote. US politicians know this which is why a strong suggestion plus threatening employers with licensing revocation unless they, in turn, threaten employees with job termination over non-compliance is all they could do.