Supreme Court Dismisses Cases on Rescinded Vaccine Mandates

The court's decision erases previous appeals court rulings, preventing them from influencing future cases.

The Supreme Court has dismissed several cases challenging the Biden administration's now-rescinded Covid-19 vaccine mandates for federal employees and military service members.
The court's decision erases the appeals court decisions, preventing them from holding the weight of precedent in the future.
The vaccine mandates were rescinded earlier this year due to a steep decline in Covid-19 deaths and hospitalizations.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the only Biden appointee on the Court, dissented from the majority’s decision in two of the cases.
The Biden administration argued that the changing public health circumstances led to the end of the federal employee mandate.