Showing posts with label Air Force. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Air Force. Show all posts
Monday, October 14, 2024

Air Force Officers' Suit Over Vaccine Mandate Is Now Moot

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Still working their way through the courts are dozens of cases brought by employees or former employees who were denied religious exemptions...
Monday, December 11, 2023

Litigation Over Air Force's Handling of Religious Objections to Vaccine Mandate Dismissed as Moot by Supreme Court

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The U.S. Supreme Court today in Kendall v. Doster,  (Docket No. 23-154, GVR'd 12/11/2023) ( Order List ), granted certiorari, vacated th...
Friday, October 06, 2023

Reservist Challenges Military's Admonition of Him for His Remarks at Retirement Ceremony

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Suit was filed this week in a Texas federal district court by Jace Yarbrough, a Major in the Air Force Reserve, challenging a Letter of Admo...
Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Air Force Announces Portal To Process Religious Exemption Requests

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The U.S. Air Force announced last week that it has developed a Portal to streamline requests for religious accommodation filed by Air Force...
Wednesday, November 30, 2022

6th Circuit Affirms Preliminary Injunction Protecting Air Force Personnel Who Have Religious Objections to COVID Vaccine

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 In Doster v. Kendall ,  (6th Cir., Nov. 29, 2022), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court's grant of a class-w...
Wednesday, September 14, 2022

6th Circuit Refuses To Stay Class-Wide Injunction Against Air Force Enforcing Vaccine Mandate Against Religious Objectors

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In Doster v. Kendall , (6th Cir., Sept. 9, 2022), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals refused to grant an emergency stay of a class-wide i...
Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Religious Objections To Air Force COVID Mandate Dismissed For Lack of Standing and Ripeness

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In Miller v. Austin ,  (D WY, Aug. 22, 2022), a Wyoming federal district court dismissed on standing and ripeness grounds a suit by two Air ...
Friday, July 15, 2022

National Class Action and TRO Approved For Air Force Members With Religious Objections To COVID Vaccine

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In Doster v. Kendall , (SD OH, July 14, 2022), an Ohio federal district court certified a national class action on behalf of all active duty...
Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Class Action Filed To Challenge Air Force Vaccine Mandate

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Another lawsuit has been filed by religious objectors challenging the military's COVID vaccine mandate.  Brought in a Texas federal dist...
Friday, May 20, 2022

Court Denies Relief To Air Force Members With Religious Objections To COVID Vaccine

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In a 61-page opinion in Roth v. Austin ,  (D NE, May 18, 2022), a Nebraska federal district court denied a preliminary injunction to 36 memb...
Friday, May 13, 2022

Intervenors Say USAF Senior Leaders Told To Deny All Religious Exemptions To Vaccine Mandate

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In a Memorandum In Support of a Preliminary Injunction ( full text ) filed on behalf of 230 intervening plaintiffs in Doster v. Kendall, (SD...
Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Supreme Court Refuses Interim Relief In Airman's Religious Challenge To COVID Vaccine Mandate

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Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court by a vote of 6-3 refused to grant an injunction pending appeal in Dunn v. Austin ,  (Docket No. 21A599, Ap...
Wednesday, March 09, 2022

Another Suit Seeks Religious Exemptions From Military's Vaccine Mandate

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Yet another group of military personnel have filed suit challenging the military's COVID vaccine mandate.  As in a number of other cases...
Tuesday, March 01, 2022

Air Force Reservist With Religious Objection To COVID Vaccine Wins Injunction

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In Poffenbarger v. Kendall ,  (SD OH, Feb. 28, 2022), an Ohio federal district court issued a preliminary injunction barring the Air Force f...
Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Air Force Officer Gets Injunction Against Required COVID Vaccine

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In Air Force Officer v. Austin ,  (MD GA, Feb. 15, 2022), a Georgia federal district court, invoking RFRA and the 1st Amendment, granted a p...
Friday, January 14, 2022

Air Force Officer Sues After Accommodation For Religious Objection To COVID Vaccine Is Denied

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Suit was filed last week in a Georgia federal district court by a female Air Force officer who has served in the military for 25 years and w...
Sunday, February 16, 2020

Air Force Changes Rules To Accommodate Religious Headgear and Beards

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As reported by the Air Force Times , the Air Force earlier this month (Feb. 7) amended its Dress and Personal Appearance rules to allow airm...
Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Air Force Grants Religious Accommodation To Sikh Airman

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In a press release last week, the ACLU announced that for the first time, the U.S. Air Force has granted a religious accommodation to a Sik...
Friday, February 22, 2019

Air Force JAG OK's Religious References At Change of Command Ceremonies

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In a legal opinion issued last December which is just now attracting attention, the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General has issued an opin...
Wednesday, April 04, 2018

Air Force Upholds Right of Commander To Refuse To Sign Certificate For Same-Sex Spouse

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Stars and Stripes reported yesterday that the Director of the Air Force Review Boards Agency has granted an appeal by an Air Force Colonel ...