Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett dissented from the DHS decision. Thomas said that the Biden administration hadn’t made a strong showing that the “hodgepodge of provisions” it relied upon gave it legal support for a national vaccine requirement. In an additional dissent, Alito said that even if the administration had the authority to impose the mandate, the mandate was problematic because the government did not seek public comment first.