Courts Will Rule Against Biden on Vaccine Mandate Penalties: Alan Dershowitz

Courts will likely agree that the federal government has the authority to enforce COVID-19 vaccine mandates but will argue that the rules and penalties cannot be enforced, said Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz.

President Joe Biden last week said that he will direct the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to mandate that employees at companies with 100 or more workers will have to either submit to weekly testing or get the COVID-19 vaccine.

"No. 1, is this something the federal government can do as compared to the states?" Dershowitz told Newsmax.

It's likely that courts will say that the government can enforce vaccine mandates but will argue that it is only Congress that can order punishments and fines, he said.

"I think the courts will say the federal government does have the power because this is a national issue across the state lines. It's not limited to states. It's contagious," Dershowitz said.

Such mandates are "Generally relegated to the legislature in our system of government, so I think the courts will focus on that issue first and say that the president may not have the authority to do this without congressional authorization," Dershowitz said.

Dershowitz added: "We're going to see COVID become like the flu. Seasonal different variations, different vaccinations, so it shouldn't be done under the rubric of emergency. It should be done under the rubric of ordinary congressional power."

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