Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has sued President Biden and other members of the administration over the requirement that members of the National Guard be vaccinated against Covid-19
The lawsuit comes after a federal judge in Oklahoma in a separate case declined to block the mandate for members of the National Guard there. Abbott's lawsuit challenging the National Guard vaccine requirement is the latest shot in a multifront legal war between Texas and the Biden administration, which has included court fights over other federal vaccine mandates, as well as immigration and abortion.
Read MoreAccording to Abbott's lawsuit, more than 220 members of the Texas Air National Guard and about 40% of the members of the Texas Army National Guard are refusing to get vaccinated -- for religious reasons or otherwise.
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