Biden v. Missouri
U.S. Supreme Court · decided January 13, 2022 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- January 13, 2022
- Term
- October Term 2021
- Vote
- 5–4
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Disposition
- Stay, petition, or motion granted
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) Cite as: 595 U. S. ____ (2022) 1 Per Curiam NOTICE: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the preliminary print of the United States Reports. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Wash- ington, D. C. 20543, of any typographical or other formal errors, in order that corrections may be made before the preliminary print goes to press. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _________________ Nos. 21A240 and 21A241 _________________ JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL., APPLICANTS 21A240 v. MISSOURI, ET AL. XAVIER BECERRA, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ET AL., APPLICANTS 21A241 v. LOUISIANA, ET AL. ON APPLICATIONS FOR STAYS [January 13, 2022] PER CURIAM. The Secretary of Health and Human Services adminis- ters the Medicare and Medicaid programs, which provide health insurance for millions of elderly, disabled, and low- income Americans. In November 2021, the Secretary an- nounced that, in order to receive Medicare and Medicaid funding, participating facilities must ensure that their staff—unless exempt for medical or religious reasons—are vaccinated against COVID–19. 86 Fed. Reg. 61555 (2021). Two District Courts enjoined enforcement of the rule, and the Government now asks us to stay those injunctions. Agreeing that it is entitled to such relief, we…
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