Posted on 10/23/2021 3:00:19 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The attorney general of Arizona is filing a request for a temporary restraining order to stop the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Attorney General Mark Brnovich filed the motion, citing the federal government’s overreach on the vaccine requirement along with its willingness to allow illegal immigrants to enter into the country unvaccinated.
“Once a vaccine has been administered, it can never be undone,” Attorney General Mark Brnovich said in a statement announcing the move. “The COVID-19 vaccine mandate is one of the greatest infringements upon individual liberty, federalism, and the separation of powers by any administration in our country’s history.”
The request for a temporary restraining order follows on the heels of a suit that the state filed against the Biden administration last month. In that suit, the state pointed out that the administration’s policies actually give illegals preferential treatment over citizens:
The Executive Branch has adopted an unconstitutional policy of favoring aliens that have unlawfully entered the United States over actual U.S. citizens, both native and foreign born, with the inalienable right to live here. In doing so, the Biden administration respected the putative rights of those illegally entering the United States, while simultaneously showing contempt for the actual rights of U.S. citizens. This preference is unlawful and violated the Equal Protection Clause.
The request for the temporary restraining order points out the fact that the October 27 deadline for federal contractors to receive the virus is drawing near. An amendment to the request makes the claim that the mandate violates the rights of workers and could do damage to the state’s economy.
According to the request, businesses in Arizona could be forced to fire employees and cited surveys stating that “85% of businesses said it would make retaining employees more difficult ...”
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
Don’t expect the Supreme Chickens to side with the citizens and liberty.
Courts and elections won’t cut it. We have to think of something else.
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