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“We are confident in our legal authority here,” she added.

Those who did not comply with the policy were referred to counsel and could be fired under an executive order signed by Biden.

Brown wrote that the question was whether the president “can, with the stroke of a pen and without congressional input, require millions of federal employees to undergo a medical procedure as a condition of their employment.” He added: “That, as the law stands, as the Supreme Court recently expressed, is a bridge too far.”

The Justice Department said it would appeal the decision.

The lawsuit was brought by the group Feds for Medical Freedom.