Plus: Is Biden’s Vaccine Mandate Legal? Constitutional Expert Explains
September 15 2021
Good morning from Washington, where constitutional scrutiny is on President Biden’s decision to force millions of Americans to be vaccinated against COVID-19. On the podcast, Heritage Foundation legal scholar John Malcolm unpacks the basics. In California, voters opt not to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom by a wide margin. Fred Lucas has details. Plus: a Senate panel seeks answers on the botched U.S. exit from Afghanistan; Google rejects a pro-life group’s ads; and three champions of freedom take home a big prize. On this date in 1978, boxer Muhammad Ali defeats Leon Spinks at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans to claim the world heavyweight boxing title for the third time, becoming the first fighter ever to do so.
Gavin Newsom becomes only the second governor in American history to survive a recall, in an election that President Biden and other national Democrats helped pull out for him.
The president’s new vaccine mandate requires all organizations with 100 employees or more either to test their employees weekly for COVID-19 or ensure they are vaccinated.
“They aren’t hiding their bias anymore,” says Lila Rose, Live Action president. “Google’s censorship baldly reveals that the corporation is in the pocket of the abortion industry.”
“This lawsuit is about … the fact that the Biden administration has no authority under the Constitution to mandate COVID-19 vaccines. Period,” says Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich.
