On Saturday, a federal judge in Louisana ruled in favor of the 24 states that sued the Biden administration on the vaccine mandate for Head Start teachers.
Florida Attorney General Moody and attorneys general from 23 other states filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana challenging the requirements.
The requirements include mandatory masks on toddlers and COVID-19 vaccinations for staff and volunteers in Head Start programs.
In the ruling, U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty wrote that the Biden admin unlawfully bypassed congress when mandating students 2 years or older be masked and Head Start teachers are vaccinated.
“In the immortal words of President Ronald Reagan, the nine most terrifying words in the English language are, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Presidential News Conference, August 12, 1986. In order to help rid the United States of the COVID-19 virus, the government has imposed four vaccine mandates. The mandates pose an issue for millions of Americans: be fully vaccinated or lose their jobs,” said Doughty.
“When this country’s founders declared independence on July 4, 1776, they sought a government much different from one involving the dictatorship of a king. Fifty-five (55) delegates attended the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787.
“The delegates came up with an ingenious system that involved three separate but equal branches of government: (1) the Executive branch (President of the United States); (2) the Legislative branch (Senate and House of Representatives); and (3) the Judicial branch (Supreme Court and lower courts). To avoid tyranny, the Constitution gave each branch unique powers which operated as a check on the others. The Legislative branch was given the power to make laws.4 The Executive branch had the President of the United States as Head and Commander in Chief of the United States Armed Forces. The President signs Acts of Congress into laws but was not given the authority to make laws,” wrote Dought in the ruling.
Republican attorneys general who were among the 24 states that sued the Biden administration reacted on Saturday.
“This victory will help ensure that numerous Head Start programs will continue to operate rather than have to fire teachers and cut back services to children,” Alabama Attorney General Marshall said in a news release. “And this win will forestall the nonsensical and damaging practice of forcing masks on two-year-olds.”
In a statement in December, Florida AG Ashley Moody said, “As a mother, I am very concerned about the latest federal mandates being forced on Head Start staff and students—children as young as two years old will be required to wear masks, and teachers will be forced to receive a vaccination against their will. I am fighting to stop this federal overreach, just as I have fought to protect Floridians against the previous unlawful mandates forced on us by the federal government.”
Saturday’s ruling affects Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Wyoming, and West Virginia.
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