that the court then ruled that osha didn t have the authority, because covid isn t just a workplace thing. it s everywhere. everything. reporter: the government says, that isn t the limit of osha s authority. that osha isn t limited to hazards that crop up at work but can deal with things outside the workplace but that affect the workplace as well. secondly, if you look at the balance, they say, the down side to employers is not as bad as the down side to the country of not doing anything about covid, about not vaccinated or wearing masks. they say, lift the stay, or at the very least if you re not going to lift the stay entirely on enforcing the whole osha rule, at least let the government put the mask requirement into place, the first one that kicks in, in december. the vaccination requirement would come in january. this is the next round, but likely to be the last round or ultimately ending up at the supreme court? do you think. reporter: when you challenge