The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen at sunset in Washington on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021.Two lawyers arguing against the Biden administration's vaccine mandate will have to do so remotely.The Supreme Court is set to review challenges to the administration's mandates announced last year.Two lawyers arguing against the Biden administration's vaccine mandate before the Supreme Court on Friday will have to do it remotely after testing positive for Covid-19.
Louisiana's Solicitor General Liz Murrill will be making her case by phone"in accordance with the Covid protocols of the Court," a Louisiana Department of Justice spokesperson confirmed to Insider. Ohio Solicitor General Benjamin Flowers will also be making his case remotely after testing positive,Flowers' office told Reuters the state lawyer, who was vaccinated and boosted, is experiencing"exceptionally mild" symptoms and has since recovered, but tested positive for Covid-19 on a PCR test as part of the Supreme Court's Covid-19 guidelines.