The Supreme Court said it will hold a special meeting in more than two weeks to weigh the challenges to the Biden administration’s two policies, which cover the vaccine needs of millions of workers and policies that affect large employers and healthcare workers.

The High Court announced on Wednesday that it will hear the arguments in the case on January 7th, which was carried out in the context of the increasing number of coronavirus cases, and the schedule is very fast. It was not until January 10 that the court was scheduled to hear the case again.

A panel of three judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati ruled with a 2-1 result on Friday that a vaccine or testing system for workers in large companies may take effect. The plan requires workers in large companies to be vaccinated or wear masks and undergo testing every week. The requirement may affect approximately 84 million American workers.

After the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the rule in early November, Republican-led states, conservative organizations, and companies questioned the requirement. The rule will take effect on January 4.

The High Court will also hear arguments about the rules issued by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid on November 5, which apply to various health care providers that receive Medicare or Medicaid funds. It requires their workers to receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by December 6th and to be fully vaccinated by January 4th. This is expected to affect more than 17 million worker providers in approximately 76,000 healthcare facilities and home healthcare facilities.

Decisions made by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in St. Louis and a federal judge in Texas prevented this authorization in approximately half of the states.

After the court announced that it would listen to the argument, the White House defended its policy in a statement issued on Wednesday night and stated that, especially with the rise of the coronavirus omicron variant, “protect in accordance with vaccination requirements and testing programs in emergencies. Workers are vital. Needed.”

The statement said: “We have full confidence in the legal authority of these two policies, and the (Ministry of Justice) will vigorously defend these two policies in the Supreme Court.”

It is unusual for the High Court to decide to debate these requests quickly. Both of these issues arrive at the court in an emergency, and the court will usually quickly decide on an emergency application without a more typical full briefing and oral arguments.

However, the court has also recently been criticized for the way it handles the procedure, which is called the court’s “shadow file.” Justice Samuel Alito rebutted this criticism in September, saying it was unfounded.

The Supreme Court announced earlier this year that all judges have been vaccinated. However, due to the coronavirus, the court is closed to the public. Lawyers who debate cases must test negative for COVID-19, and reporters who observe the debate must also test negatively.

The lower courts are also brewing a challenge to the Biden government’s requirement for federal contractors to accept COVID-19 vaccination.