The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit stayed the mandate and said that it entailed “grave statutory and constitutional issues.”
It has now been blocked temporarily, pending further court order.
The court’s decision was a response to lawsuits filed by over two dozen states on Friday against the Biden administration, after the White House Thursday announced COVID vaccine rules that apply to over 100 million U.S. workers.
“Yesterday, I sued the Biden Admin over its unlawful OSHA vax mandate. WE WON. Just this morning, citing ‘grave statutory and constitutional issues,’ the 5th Circuit stayed the mandate. The fight is not over and I will never stop resisting this Admin’s unconstitutional overreach!” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote on Twitter on Saturday.
Abbott said emergency hearings would “take place soon.”