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Attorneys general from 11 states sued the Biden administration Friday for its allegedly “unlawful” vaccine mandate on private companies with 100 or more employees as GOP-led states fight back vaccine requirements, Forbes reported/ 

The lawsuit was joined by AGs in Missouri, Arizona, Montana, Nebraska, Arkansas, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Alaska, New Hampshire and Wyoming, as well as five private employers over a vaccine requirement issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for employers with 100 or more workers to make sure their employees are fully vaccinated by January 4 or receive a Covid test every week.

The challenge, filed in the Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit Friday morning, seeks to halt the mandate pending judicial review.

The petition alleges that the vaccine rule is “unconstitutional, unlawful, and unwise” and infringes on the 10th Amendment, the separation of powers under the Constitution, echoing an earlier petition filed against a federal vaccine mandate for federal contractors.

The petition also says that policies regarding mandatory vaccination had been up to the states to decide and that the Supreme Court has recognized that such policies “do not ordinarily concern the national government.”