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Biden mandates vaccines for millions. Can he do that?

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The Washington Post

News, True Crime, Politics

4.14.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

How can vaccine mandates effectively be enforced across the country? What precedent is there in history and law? And how do Americans and business owners feel about President Biden's executive orders mandating immunization? 


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0:00.0

Just about a week ago, President Biden ordered all businesses with more than 100 employees

0:06.6

to require their workers to be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing.

0:11.2

My job as president is to protect all Americans.

0:15.5

So tonight, I'm announcing that the Department of Labor is developing an emergency rule

0:22.3

to require all employers with 100 and more employees that together employ over 80 million

0:29.5

workers to ensure their workforces are fully vaccinated or show a negative test at least

0:38.7

once a week.

0:40.1

He also required most health care facilities that accept Medicare or Medicaid funding to

0:44.9

vaccinate their employees, and he compelled all federal employees to get vaccinated too.

0:50.3

If you want to work with the federal government, do business with this, get vaccinated.

0:55.5

If you want to do business with the federal government, vaccinate your workforce.

1:01.1

Through the power of executive orders, Biden issued these mandates, designed to affect

1:05.3

tens of millions of Americans.

1:07.7

But with no federal verification system and a persistent group of the workforce, vehemently

1:12.3

refusing the vaccine, these mandates may be easier said than done.

1:17.6

So how can vaccine mandates effectively be enforced across the country?

1:22.2

Republicans argue that these mandates aren't infringement on civil liberties, with that

1:25.9

argument hold up in court, and how do the American people feel about Biden enforcing

1:30.9

vaccines?

1:31.9

Frankly, can you do that?

1:34.9

This is Kenny Do That, a podcast about the powers and limitations of American government

1:39.7

in a time of deep division.

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