A specialty burger shop and pub in Washington, D.C., is suing the city’s health department, alleging it overstepped its authority by closing the restaurant down earlier this year after repeated violations of the district's vaccine mandate.
The Big Board filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday, arguing the department and the city government overstepped by issuing emergency orders earlier this year that required district businesses to verify patrons’ vaccination statuses before allowing them to enter. The restaurant refused to comply with the mandates, resulting in a number of hefty fines and a forced closure that lasted for several weeks — even after the city’s vaccine mandate expired.
“By stacking emergency acts and orders for two years, the District evaded congressional review and closed the courthouse doors to Mr. Flannery and thousands of other D.C. residents,” Alt said. “This end run around the Home Rule Act made a mockery of congressional review and simultaneously denied Americans their constitutional rights and due process.”
“Mayor Bowser’s decision to impose draconian mandates and shut down Big Board for failing to comply with unscientific and unconstitutional rules perfectly illustrates both how the abuses of D.C. Home Rule have gone too far and why Congress must swiftly act to return our capital city to the American people,” Clyde told the Washington Examiner. “I applaud Eric Flannery’s fight against D.C.
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