Posted on Mar 26, 2022
Supreme Court gives partial OK to Navy for vaccine mandate
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The U.S. Supreme Court late Friday reinstated the Biden administration's program mandating that members of the military be vaccinated against COVID-19 or face reassignment.
The vote was 6-to-3 to partially overturn a decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which had blocked a Department of Defense vaccine mandate for military personnel. The lower court sided with a group of Navy SEALs who contended that religious exemptions included in the DoD directive were too restricted. Friday's decision mainly reversed that decision. At the request of the Biden administration, the court agreed to preserve the Navy's ability to reassign Navy seals and other military personnel who refuse to be vaccinated.
The court's unsigned order was just one paragraph long. But in a concurring opinion Justice Brett Kavanaugh said, "I see no basis in this case for employing the judicial power in a manner that military commanders believe would impair the military of the United States as it defends the American people."
The U.S. Supreme Court late Friday reinstated the Biden administration's program mandating that members of the military be vaccinated against COVID-19 or face reassignment.
The vote was 6-to-3 to partially overturn a decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which had blocked a Department of Defense vaccine mandate for military personnel. The lower court sided with a group of Navy SEALs who contended that religious exemptions included in the DoD directive were too restricted. Friday's decision mainly reversed that decision. At the request of the Biden administration, the court agreed to preserve the Navy's ability to reassign Navy seals and other military personnel who refuse to be vaccinated.
The court's unsigned order was just one paragraph long. But in a concurring opinion Justice Brett Kavanaugh said, "I see no basis in this case for employing the judicial power in a manner that military commanders believe would impair the military of the United States as it defends the American people."
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The court's unsigned order was just one paragraph long. But in a concurring opinion Justice Brett Kavanaugh said, "I see no basis in this case for employing the judicial power in a manner that military commanders believe would impair the military of the United States as it defends the American people."
Dissenting were Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch. "By Rubberstamping the Government's request...the court does a great injustice " to the servicemen and women who brought this case, Alito wrote on behalf of himself and Gorsuch. They said the Navy had treated the SEALs "shabbily" by not giving more expansive protections to those who claimed religious objections to the vaccine mandate.
Because the case came to the court on the so-called "shadow docket" as an emergency appeal, the SEALs who challenged the vaccine requirement could ask the justices to weigh in again, at a later stage of the case, but Friday's action decreases their odds of success."...
..."The court's unsigned order was just one paragraph long. But in a concurring opinion Justice Brett Kavanaugh said, "I see no basis in this case for employing the judicial power in a manner that military commanders believe would impair the military of the United States as it defends the American people."
Dissenting were Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch. "By Rubberstamping the Government's request...the court does a great injustice " to the servicemen and women who brought this case, Alito wrote on behalf of himself and Gorsuch. They said the Navy had treated the SEALs "shabbily" by not giving more expansive protections to those who claimed religious objections to the vaccine mandate.
Because the case came to the court on the so-called "shadow docket" as an emergency appeal, the SEALs who challenged the vaccine requirement could ask the justices to weigh in again, at a later stage of the case, but Friday's action decreases their odds of success."...
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The Supreme Court rules that Joe Biden is commander-in-chief. Three justices dissent.
The judiciary cannot be part of the chain of command.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SFC Terry Stinnett I'm a Sailor, Cold War, El Dorado Canyon, Desert Storm, Desert Strike Veteran, I For the Life of Me Can't Understand these "Sailors" that won't get the Vaccinations. The Seals I Knew, Remember wouldn't Wuss Out on them. I Got the F^^king Yellow Fever Shot 7 Times, Swine Flu Shot in Boot Camp, the Tetanus Shot 5 Times which Hurts almost as Bad as My Viral Bursitis! Religious Exemption, My Ass! It's Purely Political, Fascist, Show them SOBs the Door. I Have No Need of Wimps in My Navy!
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