DeSantis says Florida will sue federal government over workplace vaccine rule
Source: Tampa Bay Times
The governor held a printed version of the rule in his hand while he spoke.
TALLAHASSEE Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday he would join a lawsuit with Georgia, Alabama and private plaintiffs seeking to nullify a rule by President Joe Bidens administration mandating coronavirus vaccines or testing in large workplaces.
At a news conference in Tallahassee, DeSantis said the rule was an example of federal overreach. The federal government does not have the power to hand down health mandates, DeSantis argued, nor does it have the power to enforce its rule with fines as high as $13,653 per violation. He also argued a rule that has been coming for close to two months and that requires workers to be vaccinated by Jan. 4 can hardly be a response to an emergency.
The state will file its lawsuit in the U. S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on Friday, he said.
Weve got to stand up. Weve got to stand up for the Constitutional order, DeSantis said.
The Republican governor had previously announced his intention to sue the Biden administration over the rule, but the federal government did not release the final version until Thursday. It came in at a bulky 490 pages. The governor, with state Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo by his side, held a printed out version of the rule in his hand while he spoke.
Read more: https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2021/11/04/desantis-says-florida-will-sue-federal-government-over-workplace-vaccine-rule/
Playing to the MAGAt crowd.
bucolic_frolic
(43,181 posts)Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)fascist in the land.
d_r
(6,907 posts)Alachua and Broward counties can't make their own decisions about local schools.
PortTack
(32,778 posts)The rights of the individual do not outweigh the rights of many when it comes to public health.
SCOTUS recently refused to get involved in NY or ME..same issue.
paleotn
(17,931 posts)Claire Oh Nette
(2,636 posts)he should look it up.
dem4decades
(11,296 posts)COL Mustard
(5,905 posts)nt
orangecrush
(19,572 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,768 posts)2naSalit
(86,646 posts)The Montana nazis are all in on this.
FloridaBlues
(4,008 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,743 posts)Accountability anyone? Lady Liberty is going to walk back to France the way we're going.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Paying for these ridiculous lawsuits?
IcyPeas
(21,889 posts)....
He also encouraged men and women to get screened for different types of cancer.
These screenings and the things that you do can really, really be life-saving, he said. Make sure you go in and do that when the physicians tell you to.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/10/12/desantis-on-wife-caseys-breast-cancer-diagnosis-weve-got-a-road-ahead/
Evolve Dammit
(16,743 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,947 posts)McKim
(2,412 posts)This raises the excitement level of the great battle, which will never benefit your average person. All show and no trickle down benefits for Joe and Jane!
William Seger
(10,778 posts)... because it's our only protection from fucking idiots.