The Supreme Court, in a predictable 6-3 decision,\u00a0blocked\u00a0OSHA\u2019s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that required employees in businesses with 100 or more employees to either be vaccinated or regularly tested and masked. Dissenting were the three Justices appointed by Democratic Presidents: Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan. The majority stated that the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHAct) \u201cplainly\u201d does not authorize the vaccine or masking requirements.\u00a0 Calling the OSHA standard no \u201ceveryday exercise of federal power\u201d they labeled it \u201cinstead a significant encroachment into the lives\u2014and health\u2014of a vast number of employees.\u201d\u00a0 The argued that in a situation where an agency is authorized to \u201cexercise powers of vast economic and political significance,\u201d Congress must \u201cspeak clearly.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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