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Attorneys general (AG) from 24 states have filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration challenging COVID-19 vaccine mandates for early education staff and mask mandates for young children. Led by Louisiana AG Jeff Landry, the lawsuit   argues that the mandates involving Head Start, the country's largest  early education program, are unlawful and exceed President Joe Biden's  statutory authority. Biden's mandate, issued last month, applies to all preschool programs funded by the federal Head Start program...  It mandates vaccinations for staff, volunteers, and others in  contact with students by the end of January and requires masks for all  adults and children aged two and above. The mandate offers no alternative to vaccinations, and for those  granted exemptions... It  applies to staff regardless of whether they work in person or remotely.


The lawsuit argues that the president's mandate is projected to lead  to tens of thousands of Head Start agency staff losing their jobs and will cause programs to close or reduce capacity... Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said... "If enacted, Biden's authoritarianism will cut funding,  programs, and childcare that working families, single mothers, and  elderly raising grandchildren rely on desperately." The 24 states are seeking to block the Biden administration's mandate, arguing that it is "arbitrary and capricious" and violates the Congressional Review Act and the Tenth Amendment. The requirements also violate the Administrative Procedure Act's  Notice-and-Comment Requirement, the Nondelegation Doctrine, the  Anti-Commandeering Doctrine, the Spending Clause, and the Treasury and  General Government Appropriations Act of 1999, the lawsuit argues.  Landry said. "My office has had great success in  blocking Biden's mandates ...


It also cites recommendations from the World Health Organization that "based on the safety and overall interest of the child and the capacity to appropriately use a mask," "children aged 5 years and under should not be required to wear masks." The complaint cites pediatric nurse Anthony Luczak, who says a toddler mask mandate may cause psychological and health problems. The "reinforcement of wearing masks because of the threat of the  pandemic is a reinforcement of fear that directly is triggering a toxic  stress in children's lives," she said. It argues that because the federal program does not clearly authorize  the mandate, the Biden administration "has acted 'in excess' of its  constitutional and statutory authority." Florida AG Ashley Mood  said "I am fighting to stop this federal overreach, just  as I have fought to protect Floridians against the previous unlawful  mandates forced on us by the federal government." ...  Read more ...