(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s attorney general is cheering an appeals court decision temporarily halting new COVID-19 safety rules from the Biden Administration. A three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals stopped the rules from going into effect in a ruling issued on Saturday. The judges said petitions filed by Utah, Texas, Mississippi and South Carolina showed that the new policy may contain “grave” constitutional and statutory issues. The administration wants businesses with 100 or more employees to require workers to get COVID-19 vaccinations or receive regular coronavirus testing. In a statement, Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes praised the decision and promised further action both in court and by lawmakers to challenge vaccine mandates.