Arizona has joined a multi-state lawsuit initiated by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry against the Biden administration’s requirement of masks on toddlers and COVID-19 shots for staff and volunteers in Head Start Programs.
Head Start provides early childhood education and resources, including diapers, to families. The Biden Administration’s mandates to force teachers, contractors, and volunteers in Head Start Programs to get “vaccinated” by January 31 will cost jobs, programs and ultimately hurt children, according to the lawsuit.
The states allege that the Head Start Mandate is not only beyond the Executive Branch’s authority, contrary to law, and arbitrary and capricious; but it also violates the Administrative Procedure Act’s Notice-and-Comment Requirement, the Congressional Review Act, the Nondelegation Doctrine, the Tenth Amendment, the Anti-Commandeering Doctrine, the Spending Clause, and the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act of 1999.
The lawsuit was filed in the District Court for the Western District of Louisiana on Tuesday. The coalition is also seeking a preliminary injunction to stop the unlawful mandate from going into effect.
Louisiana and Arizona are joined by Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Wyoming, and West Virginia.