Chip Roy, Mike Johnson, and Ted Cruz lead amicus brief against vaccine mandate for the federal workforce
WASHINGTON — On Wednesday Representative Chip Roy (TX-21), Representative Mike Johnson (LA-4) and Senator Ted Cruz (TX-R), joined by the First Liberty Institute, led 42 other Republican Members of Congress in submitting an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Feds for Medical Freedom v. Biden.
The brief backs up Feds for Medical Freedom as they fight President Biden's unconstitutional COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the entire federal workforce.
The Amicus Brief asserts, "In this case, the President of the United States claims the awesome—and heretofore unasserted—power to unilaterally compel a broad swath of American workers to undergo a medical procedure. No federal statute confers this claimed authority on the President. To the contrary, Congress has denied it."
"Biden's federal COVID vaccine mandates are tyrannical, unconstitutional and have no place in America. They are nothing but a failing political push from a failed President in brazen defiance of science, fact, and our natural rights," said Representative Roy. Therefore, I am honored to join my friends, Senator Ted Cruz, Congressman Mike Johnson, and the patriots at the First Liberty Institute in filing this amicus curiae brief in the Fifth Circuit to support the legal fight to Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandates for federal workers and contractors. Meanwhile, the American people are rightfully fed up with this; while the courts continue to work through this legal challenge, Congress should vote against any funding for these mandates."
"The American people have had enough of Biden's unconstitutional mandates that trample on our rights,"Sen. Ted Cruz said. "Today, we're sending a clear message to everyone suffering under Biden – from our military service members, to federal employees, to nurses and hospital staff: the days of these tyrannical mandates are numbered."
"The Biden Administration's vaccine mandate for federal contractors is unconstitutional and risks discouraging qualified persons from partnering with our federal government," Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana. "Every time President Biden's unconstitutional mandates are scrutinized by the courts, they fail. We urge the Court to defend the First Amendment rights of federal government contractors in this case as well. To the health care workers, first responders, servicemembers, contractors and every hardworking American affected by President Biden's unconstitutional policies: We won't stop fighting for you."
Signers of the friend-of-the-court brief also include Republican Representatives Rick Allen (GA-12), Jodey Arrington (TX-19), Andy Biggs (AZ-5), Lauren Boebert (CO-3), Ted Budd (NC-13), Jeff Duncan (SC-3), Matt Gaetz (FL-1), Louie Gohmert (TX-1), Mark Green (TN-7), Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA-14), Michael Guest (MS-3), Andy Harris (MD-1), Vicky Hartzler (MO-4), Kevin Hern (OK-1), Clay Higgins (LA-3), Bill Huizenga (MI-2), Doug Lamborn (CO-5), David McKinley (WV-1), Mary Miller (IL-15), Alex Mooney (WV-2), Ralph Norman (SC-5), Scott Perry (PA-10), Bill Posey (FL-8), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-5), David Rouzer (NC-7), Mike Simpson (ID-2), Adrian Smith (NE-3), Jason Smith (MO-8), Elise Stefanik (NY-21), Tim Walberg (MI-7) and Senators Marsha Blackburn (TN-R), Mike Braun (IN-R), Kevin Cramer (ND-R), Steve Daines (MT-R), Bill Hagerty (TN-R), John Hoeven (ND-R), James Inhofe (OK-R), James Lankford (OK-R), Ben Sasse (NE-R), Rick Scott (FL-R), Dan Sullivan (AK-R), and John Thune (SD-R).
The full text of the amicus brief may be viewed here.
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