Ten Republican state attorneys general sued on Wednesday to stop the Biden administration's requirement that millions of U.S. health workers get vaccinated against the coronavirus, saying it would worsen staff shortages.
U.S. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, said last Thursday he will enforce the mandate starting Jan. 4.
The lawsuit said the federal mandate intruded on states' police power and is unlawful under the Administrative Procedures Act because there was no comment period before its release. An interim final rule is effective immediately without the standard comment period that follows publication. There is a 60-day comment period following its publication, however.
The lawsuit said the CMS rule was heavy handed and did not take local factors and conditions into account.