President Joe Biden on Thursday decried the Supreme Court blocking one of this administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate but cheered justices leaving another in place. Justices in split rulings released earlier in the day said the mandate for private businesses with 100 or more employers, promulgated by the Department of Labor, appeared to exceed the authority granted by Congress to the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). But in a narrow ruling, the nation’s top court agreed to lift lower court stays that had been entered against vaccination requirements for all health care workers employed by institutions receiving funding from Medicare or Medicaid, asserting a separate law did give the health secretary the power to impose such a mandate. “Today’s decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the requirement for health care workers will save lives: the lives of patients who seek care in medical facilities, as well as the lives of doctors, …