The Atlanta Jnl Constitution reports
Georgia’s top Republicans have expanded their legal battle against President Joe Biden’s vaccine requirements with a new lawsuit that challenges the administration’s plan to mandate vaccinations for millions of employees of private companies.
Gov. Brian Kemp and Attorney General Chris Carr, along with Alabama and Florida officials, filed the lawsuit on Friday to challenge a federal order requiring companies with 100 or more employees to impose mandatory coronavirus vaccinations of their staff or weekly testing by Jan. 4.
A similar legal complaint from Louisiana officials led a federal appeals court on Saturday to temporarily suspend the new vaccine requirement while judges can review the law. It was a setback to Biden’s most aggressive attempt yet to increase vaccinations to contain the pandemic.
The governor said the court’s decision was a “good indication” for his complaint, which also claims the rule is unconstitutional. In late October, he filed a separate lawsuit that claimed the White House doesn’t have legal authority to impose a separate vaccine requirement for federal contractors.
