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2022-07-15 -Land of the Free

Court: Air Force Cannot Discharge Troops Who Filed for Religious Exemptions from Vaccine Mandate

[Breitbart] A District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on Thursday morning issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting the Air Force from enforcing the vaccine mandate against any airman who has filed a request for a religious accommodation, according to court documents.

Judge Matthew W. McFarland granted a motion brought by airmen to extend a court order from March 31 that prohibited the Air Force from disciplining or discharging plaintiffs fighting the mandate based on their religious beliefs to all airmen who filed religious accommodation requests as a "class."

The court order is a temporary restraining order (TRO), which is an emergency measure to preserve the status quo for up to 14 days while the judge is considering granting a preliminary injunction (PI), which would in turn last through the entire litigation process.

If the judge continues to believe that the mandate is illegal, then the court will convert the TRO to a PI at the end of that window, effectively protecting all of these service members while the Biden administration appeals the decision to the Sixth Circuit appellate court.

“For the reasons, that follow, Plaintiffs have satisfied the Rule 23(a) prerequisites, as well as Rule 23(b)(1)(a) and Rule 23(b)(2). Thus, class certification is warranted,” the court order said.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-07-15 02:54|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 ...If the USAF/DoD had been smart - which, y'know, they ain't - what they should have done was approved, at random, about 10-15% of the religious exemption requests, instead of the almost zero percent they actually did approve.

Had they done so, they would have been able to point at a small but undeniably positive number, and given how bureaucracies work, they could have given any number of explanations for each one and even the media would have been able to back them up.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2022-07-15 08:57|| 2022-07-15 08:57|| Front Page Top

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