Mealey's (March 17, 2023, 9:38 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — A federal contractor that imposed a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for its employees in light of a presidential executive order and denied several employees’ requests for religious exemptions is not a sovereign entity and did not exercise sovereign power as a federal actor when issuing the denials, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled, affirming a trial court’s dismissal of workers’ constitutional claims....