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Cite as:  595 U. S. ____ (2022) 

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GORSUCH, J., concurring 

with  the  States  and  Congress,  not  OSHA.    In  saying  this 
much, we do not impugn the intentions behind the agency’s 
mandate.  Instead,  we  only  discharge  our  duty  to  enforce 
the law’s demands when it comes to the question who may 
govern the lives of 84 million Americans.  Respecting those
demands may be trying in times of stress.  But if this Court 
were to abide them only in more tranquil conditions, decla-
rations  of  emergencies  would  never  end  and  the  liberties 
our  Constitution’s  separation  of  powers  seeks  to  preserve
would amount to little.