The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday granted a request by President Joe Biden’s administration to let the Navy decline to deploy SEALs and other special operations forces personnel who refused mandatory COVID-19 vaccination due to religious objections.
Highlights
- The U.S.
- Supreme Court granted a request by President Joe Biden’s administration to let the Navy decline to deploy SEALs and other special operations forces personnel who refused mandatory COVID-19 vaccination due to religious objections.
- The court – which has a 6-3 conservative majority – was divided, with three conservative justices saying they would have denied the request.
- The administration is contesting a judge’s Jan.
- 3 decision in favor of the servicemembers, in which the judge wrote that their “loss of religious liberties outweighs any forthcoming harm to the Navy” The other nine plaintiffs include specialist naval craft crewmen, divers and a bomb disposal expert.