The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a stay of the OSHA vaccine-or-test requirement on private businesses of 100 or more workers, dealing a setback to the Biden administration’s effort to control the COVID pandemic.
By a 6-3 vote, with the three liberal justices — Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan — dissenting, the court reasoned that the agency exceeded its authority to regulate workplace safety.
“Although COVID-19 is a risk that occurs in many workplaces, it is not an occupational hazard in most,” the majority wrote.
