Federal judge blocks RFK Jr.'s CDC vaccine overhaul, ruling unqualified appointees violated federal law - Silicon Canals

"This is all to say that there is a method to how these decisions historically have been made-a method scientific in nature and codified into law through procedural requirements. Unfortunately, the Government has disregarded those methods and thereby undermined the integrity of its actions."

"ACIP has been providing expert guidance on vaccine use since 1964. Its recommendations form the basis for the CDC's childhood immunisation schedule, which in turn shapes what paediatricians across the country - and increasingly, health systems globally - use as their baseline reference."

U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy issued a 45-page ruling granting a temporary injunction blocking Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s reconstitution of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and all vaccine guidance changes made by newly appointed members. The judge found Kennedy's actions violated the Administrative Procedure Act, which governs how agencies develop and implement policy. Kennedy dismissed all 17 expert ACIP members and replaced them with 15 new appointees, of whom only six appear to have meaningful vaccine experience. The ruling reasserts that institutional scientific processes codified into law cannot be bypassed by executive action, establishing principles extending beyond immunization policy to broader governance of expert advisory systems.

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