The Biden administration mask and COVID-19 vaccine mandates for the Head Start program have been blocked in additional 24 states by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty, a Trump nominee, granted a preliminary injunction on Jan. 1 to Georgia and 23 other states against the mandates. Doughty said he thinks the government lacks the authority to impose the mask mandate on all children two years and older and the vaccine requirements on all workers and many volunteers and contractors. The law in question does not mention masks or vaccines, leaving the administration reliant on the health secretary’s ability to modify any standard he or she “finds to be appropriate.” If the secretary can actually do so, “that would be very concerning” because the defendants “would have unlimited power,” Doughty wrote. “This court has no hesitation in finding that the Head Start mandate is a decision of vast economic …