A federal judge ruled in favor of 35 Navy Seals who sued the Biden Administration over the military's vaccine mandate
A federal judge in Texas on Monday ruled in favor of 35 U.S. Navy SEALs who sued the Biden Administration over the military’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, marking the first major successful challenge to the Department of Defense’s vaccine policy.States Forces Korea, Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class John London receives a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Brian D. Allgood Army Community Hospital, U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys on December 29, 2020 in Pyeongtaek, South Korea.
government bodies from “substantially burdening a person's exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability.” O’Connor called the Navy’s process for considering religious accommodations “theater,” and noted the service has not granted a religious exemption to any vaccine requirement in seven years.The Navy did not immediately respond to“There is no COVID-19 exception to the First Amendment,” the ruling stated. “There is no military exclusion from our Constitution.”
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