Coverage dated November 15, 2021

Ping-pong balls to determine court venue for challenges to Biden's vaccine mandate

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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Challenges to the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate targeting employers with more than 100 employees will be consolidated and heard by a federal appeals court to be chosen Tuesday by a ping-pong ball lottery.

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KTVZ Bend
Ping-pong balls to determine court venue for challenges to Biden's vaccine mandate (opens KTVZ Bend)
Published Nov 15, 2021
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Challenges to the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate targeting employers with more than 100 employees will be consolidated and heard by a federal appeals court to be chosen Tuesday by a ping-pong ball lottery.
NPR
6th Circuit Court 'wins' lottery to hear lawsuits against Biden's vaccine rule (opens NPR)
Published Nov 15, 2021
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In a process resembling a Powerball drawing, ping pong balls with the names of a dozen federal appeals courts were placed into a wooden raffle drum on Tuesday before a winner was drawn.
Newsweek
Ping-pong politics: Future of Biden's vaccine mandate rests with bouncing of a ball (opens Newsweek)
Published Nov 15, 2021
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The Washington office of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation will have staff pull a ball out of a bin to determine where the case will be handled.

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