Posted on 07/29/2022 4:36:38 PM PDT by george76
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- A federal judge in the Southern District of Ohio extended the time that the Air Force and the Air Force Academy could not enforce the COVID-19 vaccine mandate on Thursday. Two weeks ago, Judge Matthew W. McFarland placed a temporary restraining order on the AF and AFA that barred them from enforcing the mandate temporarily.
Now, a court order means they cannot enforce the mandate until a trial is held or the order is struck down on appeal. Both of which are potentially months down the road.
The preliminary injunction order states, "due to the systematic nature of what the Court views as violations of Airmen's constitutional rights to practice their religions as they please, the Court is well within its bounds to extend the existing preliminary injunction to all Class Members."
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Multiple Air Force Academy cadets were denied graduation and commissioning assignments
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Stephen Crampton, Senior Counsel attorney with Thomas More Society, is representing AF airmen in a similar lawsuit in Georgia. He says Thursday's ruling is the next step in the pursuit of a permanent junction against the vaccine mandate for all military members.
"This preliminary injunction sends a huge message across all branches that we are not going to tolerate this and we hope this will inject a little more backbone into other judges that are deciding these cases," Crampton said.
Crampton's argument, along with another federal lawsuit filed in South Carolina, was that the DOD violated military members' constitutional rights by overwhelmingly denying their religious accommodation requests.
"The Biden administration has decreed somewhat under the radar 'no religious exemptions to be granted. No matter what the branch. No matter what the circumstances,'" Crampton said.
A key ruling in the preliminary injunction is regarding the commissioning status of the unvaccinated cadets. Each of them were told they would not be commissioned post-graduation from the Academy.
However, the ruling states, "Defendants (AF and AFA) shall not refuse to accept for commissioning or enlistment any inductee or appointee due to their refusal to get vaccinated for COVID-19 due to their sincerely held religious beliefs."
Crampton said he believes that as long as the preliminary injunction is in place, the Air Force Academy will be required to commission the cadets.
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Jameson Barnard, one of the four cadets, told 13 Investigates that all the cadets were given the exact same denial letter. The letter, dated December 22, 2021, states that "remaining unvaccinated poses a threat to all exposed."
13 Investigates spoke with Barnard on Thursday. He is now working a civilian engineering job and says he would no longer be interested in a commissioning assignment if offered one.
"At this point, I would not take commission just based on how this whole thing was handled," Barnard said. "It would have been nice if they would have at least considered our religious exemptions, but they only offered blanket denials."
13 Investigates reached out to the Air Force Academy to seek comment on how this order impacts the unvaccinated cadets. Dean Miller, Air Force Academy spokesperson said:
Based on the submittal date of religious accommodation requests from three cadets from the Class of 2022, the injunction does apply to them. The Department of the Air Force will comply with the court order.
Dean Miller -- AFA Spokesperson
That was the lamest argument, and yet they were so proud to
spout that nonsense over and over.
If you’ve been vaccinated, you can’t get it right? Oh yes,
that’s right. Yada yada yada...
Here, these guys.
https://medicine-counter01.business.site/
Dig around there, you can find their price sheets. More than I have paid for veterinary stuff. Which I’m OK with, I’ve taken a number of doses. Any side effects?
Naaaaaaaay!
Hubby won't do horse paste. We have a barn tack room full of it 😂
I can see it now. You were ranked last on your last evaluation. Sorry. You missed promotion and now need to leave.
Rd later.
their prices are extremely expensive - but for most folks it is the only game in town if they don’t want to go veterinary. (compared to the alternative of no ivm, it might be considered extremely cheap, of course.
in panama recently it was about 2$/6mg pill, but was hard to find. not sure exactly where the supply issue is and why.
“He was appointed by Trump.”
On advisement by some DS scumbucket.
OUT with ‘em!
OUT with ‘em all!
It is a start. But not the end.
I pick on the FRoctors here because their views represent the corporatist and statist mindset. They have said: “move on. Cv19 is over.” Clearly it is not over. If it were over, all these private companies and the USMIL would have dropped mandates. And Novak Djokovic would be playing in the US Open, instead of being barred from entering the US. So their perspective is both dishonest and self-serving. And of course: incorrect. We will need to bring the responsible parties to account when the time comes. Legally. Naomi Wolf’s group has begun filing lawsuits against Pf for fraud, based on the Pf data dump. We need to see criminal charges. Was there treason, with the intent to cripple the US MIL? If so, the parties responsible need to be charged with treason, and the guilty ones dealt with accordingly. And then there will be a need to re-integrate the ppl who were let go. Restore them fully, with back pay and damages. If a large part of the US MIL is crippled, there will need to be some major decisions made about keeping the intact part, about recruiting thousands of new members, and about bring them home to protect our soil.
Ping.
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