The Beginning of the End of Federalism
From this hearing we can anticipate substantial strengthening of an individual state’s ability to resist federal regulation.
OSHA
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Read more: A Timeline of Biden’s Pandemic Response, Part 4: Winter of Death (December 2021 – Present) A Timeline of Biden’s Pandemic Response, Part 4: Winter of Death (December 2021 – Present)
The Biden administration decided to go full speed ahead into a wave of Omicron infection, even as other countries have introduced targeted restrictions.
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Read more: A Timeline of Biden’s Pandemic Response, Part 3: We Have the Tools (Sept. – Dec. 2021) A Timeline of Biden’s Pandemic Response, Part 3: We Have the Tools (Sept. – Dec. 2021)
The “tools” stood for individual choices based on personal risk tolerance rather than elements of regulatory frameworks to be pursued by the government.
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Read more: A Timeline of Biden’s Pandemic Response, Part 2: A Pandemic of the Unvaccinated (May – Sept. 2021) A Timeline of Biden’s Pandemic Response, Part 2: A Pandemic of the Unvaccinated (May – Sept. 2021)
Framing vaccination as a way to opt out of the pandemic has helped absolve the Biden administration of its responsibilities to protect the public’s health.
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Read more: Major Questions about Vaccine Mandates, the Supreme Court, and the Major Questions Doctrine Major Questions about Vaccine Mandates, the Supreme Court, and the Major Questions Doctrine
A doctrine that essentially allows courts to strike down willy-nilly policies that they deem “major” undermines the federal government’s capacity to govern.
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Read more: The OSHA Vaccine Mandate: A Roundup of State Responses The OSHA Vaccine Mandate: A Roundup of State Responses
State litigation and legislation has created a landscape of uncertainty surrounding the legal status of the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
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Read more: Performance Analysis of OSHA During COVID-19 Performance Analysis of OSHA During COVID-19
OSHA was highly criticized this year for an alleged lack of enforcement and failure to protect workers from unsafe working conditions related to COVID-19.
