Originally Posted by
galaxy flyer
Members of Congress are not covered by the Executive Order because they don’t fall under the Executive Branch. This is elemental Constitutional law. Anyone buying it doesn’t know,
Uh, their staff are just "federal workers", not Members of Congress. They certainly draw their salaries, medical benefits, retirement packages, many, many perks from the federal coffers.
It may be technically accurate, but it's a distinction without a difference.
Even Members of Congress are subject to innumerable federal laws and regulations, they do not get "diplomatic immunity."
Exempted.
Look, I get it, Brandon doesn't want to pee in their pool, and most of them will vaccinate anyway. So it's a smart move by LGB, and is a tempest in a teapot. But the optics are about what you'd expect.