Why This Lawsuit Over Vaccine Mandate Has ‘Good Chance’ of Reaching Supreme Court

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🗓️ 17 November 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The same day President Joe Biden announced details of his COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private employers, The Daily Wire filed a lawsuit to stop it.

The Daily Wire, a media outlet founded by conservative commentator and author Ben Shapiro, filed the suit because the mandate on employers of 100 or more workers is unconstitutional, the organization said in a public statement Nov. 4.

Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal aid organization, is representing The Daily Wire in its fight to halt Biden's vaccine mandate. Although it is risky for any lawyer to predict a case will go to the Supreme Court, Ryan Bangert, a senior attorney for Alliance Defending Freedom, says this case is different.

“I think this one has a very good chance of going to the Supreme Court because of the stakes,” Bangert says.

Bangert joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the constitutionality of the vaccine mandate and what could be next for The Daily Wire’s lawsuit.

We also cover these stories:

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the ongoing crisis in which large numbers of illegal immigrants cross the southern border.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis takes aim at the Biden administration and Washington's ruling class.
Californians are paying more at the gas pump than ever before.

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0:00.0	And I'm Virginia Allen. Americans across the country are standing up and fighting back against
0:17.5	the Biden administration's vaccine mandate. The news outlet The Daily Wire is suing the
0:23.1	Biden administration, arguing that the order is unconstitutional. The Christian Legal Aid
0:28.7	Organization Alliance Defending Freedom is representing the Daily Wire in the fight to
0:33.3	stop the vaccine mandate. Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Council and Vice President
0:38.5	of Legal Strategy, Ryan Banger joins the show today to discuss the suit and how likely it
0:44.6	is the case will ultimately end in the Supreme Court.
0:47.8	But before we get to Virginia's conversation with Ryan, let's hit the top news stories
0:52.2	of the day.
1:05.2	Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas appeared before the Senate's Dishyary Committee
1:09.9	on Tuesday to answer questions surrounding the ongoing immigration crisis at the southern
1:14.9	border, as well as screening for Afghan refugees.
1:19.2	Under Ted Cruz, Republican from Texas, grilled the secretary on the historically high levels
1:24.2	of illegal immigrants entering the country under the Biden administration's watch. Here's
1:28.8	Cruz via the hill.
1:32.1	Secretary Mayorkas, you testified several times that our immigration system is, quote,
1:37.4	fundamentally broken. True or false, under President Trump, we saw the lowest rate of illegal
1:42.6	immigration in 45 years. I don't know if it's so within 45 years, but we certainly saw
1:49.1	in 2020 a low level of illegal immigration 2019, okay, true or false, Secretary Mayorkas.
1:58.6	This year, under Joe Biden, we've seen the highest rate of illegal immigration in 61
2:03.5	years.
2:04.5	Again, I don't know the number of years, but it's certainly a historic high, Senator.
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