beginning of the cases, not the end. they go back to court, this was all about a junction and stage, not on the merits. right. that is a really big distinguishtion. big they stopped osha mandate from going forward, allowing healthcare mandate to go forward, but as the lower court rulings play out on the merit, courts are still digging into this and courting still dealing with mandate for federal contractors, it is possible that this is not the end of the conversation on the man dates. trey: it was a 5-4 decision on one, and 6-3 on the other. these are 9 of the smartest lawyers in the world, they can t agree. i wonder if that is just
powers that they have as related to certain workers. the justices indicated in oral argument that the federal government, osha, the agency, could not put this mandate into effect so widespread for all of these businesses with 100 or more employees, it was just beyond the power of osha. it was maybe something that congress had the power to do, but in this case, an agency had acted, and we ve seen from the supreme court, these conservative justices very skeptical of agency power, so that s why that mandate has been blocked. on the other hand, the healthcare mandate applies to healthcare workers at healthcare facilities, hospitals and otherwise. they get federal funding, medicaid, medicare, and the justices here saying that because it gets federal funding, the biden administration does have the power to enforce, enact this mandate for healthcare workers. so we ve been waiting for this ruling, this decision for the past week. the biden administration has
it s clearly unconstitutional. a president should have the authority. that s something serious that we get to get to. on the one hand, if you look at the number of people, the tens of millions of people affected by the osha rule versus the healthcare rule, you have significant number of folks. i would hope the court would rely on the constitution and actual statutes. in their mind, this healthcare mandate affects a lot less people so therefore less onerous. it s a lot different than osha rules or even contractor rules. so i think any good lawyer is going through this and try to rely on what the court reasoned and logic for strengthening the osha mandate and make sure that s the precedent m forward. martha: so it s not over for a lot of these other entities trying to figure out how this
beginning of the cases, not the end. they go back to court, this was all about a junction and stage, not on the merits. right. that is a really big distinguishtion. big they stopped osha mandate from going forward, allowing healthcare mandate to go forward, but as the lower court rulings play out on the merit, courts are still digging into this and courting still dealing with mandate for federal contractors, it is possible that this is not the end of the conversation on the man dates. trey: it was a 5-4 decision on one, and 6-3 on the other. these are 9 of the smartest lawyers in the world, they can t agree. i wonder if that is just
we have been very clear over time is mandates. we are going to need the employer mandate that on or about has put out. the healthcare mandate that cms has put out. rachel: so we are nearing the end of the pandemic but somehow we need more mandates? none of this makes sense. but this isn t about covid for the democrats. it s about control. they want the great reset, which to remakes a they see fit and covid gave them the perfect excuse. justin listen to our northern neighbor justin trudeau saying the quiet part out loud. the pandemic has provided an opportunity for a re-set. this is our chance to accelerate our pre-pandemic efforts to reimagine economic systems that actually address global challenges like extreme poverty, ininequality and climate change. rachel: leave it to the democrats to never let a crisis go to waste. which is why the biden administration is now