WASHINGTON (Jan. 7, 2022)—Today the Supreme Court heard oral arguments to two sets of challenges to the Biden administration’s authority to impose vaccine mandates. In the National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor, the justices will decide the Biden administration’s authority to impose a vaccine-or-test mandate for workers at large employers. In Biden v. Missouri the Justices will consider whether Biden can authorize a vaccine mandate for health care workers at facilities that receive federal funding.
George Washington University has experts available to discuss various aspects of the vaccine mandates.
To schedule an interview with an expert, please contact GW Media Relations at [email protected] or 202-994-6460.
Paul Schiff Berman is the Walter S. Cox Professor of Law. He can discuss the scope of federal power under the constitution and the potential of these cases to roll back the administrative state more generally.
Peter H. Meyers is a professor emeritus at GW Law and the former director of the law school's Federal and Appellate Clinic and Vaccine Injury Litigation Clinic. He previously served as chairman of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines Work Group. He can speak about the issue of mandatory vaccinations and other legal issues involving the COVID-19 vaccine.