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Pentagon Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Vaccine Mandates on Military, Federal Employees and Contractors
The Epoch Times ^ | October 17, 2021 | Mimi Nguyen Ly

Posted on 10/17/2021 1:28:55 PM PDT by yoe

Service members from all five branches of the U.S. military, federal employees, and federal civilian contractors have joined in a class-action (Pentagon Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Vaccine Mandates on Military, Federal Employees and Contractors)

The 24 plaintiffs “face a deadline under the Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate to receive a COVID-19 vaccine that violates their sincerely held religious beliefs, and have been refused any religious exemption or accommodation,” according to Liberty Counsel, the Christian legal firm that filed the lawsuit.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: mandates; vaccines
Off hand, aren't these mandates unconstitutional? If so, the law has been broken in the first place?...all people threatened with job loss are being blackmailed by the POTUS, (Big Pharma) and communism from with-in and with-out...imho
1 posted on 10/17/2021 1:28:55 PM PDT by yoe
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To: yoe

With THIS Supreme Court?

It’s a crap shoot, but I will not be surprised if they come down on the side of Fedzilla.


2 posted on 10/17/2021 1:32:08 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: yoe

No excrement Mr. Holmes.

Good on them.


3 posted on 10/17/2021 1:32:43 PM PDT by sauropod
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To: yoe

The constitution has routinely been ignored for decades. It’s largely a museum piece.


4 posted on 10/17/2021 1:33:44 PM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: yoe

I wouldn’t focus solely on the religious angle. I would bring in the Nuremburg angle prohibiting forced cooperation in medical experimentation, citing the adverse vaccine reactions that have been widely reported, along with the extremely low rate of risk that Covid carries for people under 50.


5 posted on 10/17/2021 1:36:51 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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The Pfentagon


6 posted on 10/17/2021 1:37:52 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: yoe

(Mandate to receive a COVID-19 vaccine that violates their sincerely held religious beliefs, and have been refused any religious exemption or accommodation,” according to Liberty Counsel, the Christian legal firm that filed the lawsuit.)

Is the ACLJ doing similar?


7 posted on 10/17/2021 1:38:04 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: yoe
Being discussed here

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4004004/posts

8 posted on 10/17/2021 1:39:07 PM PDT by ducttape45 ("Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people." Proverbs 14:34)
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To: Steve_Seattle
Military, Federal Employees and Civilian Contractors Sue Biden
Navy Seal 1 et al v. Biden et al

If this effects you, do not comply until this suit is settled. Also, ask your employer for their Religious Exemption policy, you may be surprised to find out it has yet to be issued.
9 posted on 10/17/2021 1:40:40 PM PDT by RBW in PA
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To: Lurkinanloomin

The courts just hear what they want and it usually isn’t in our favor. The Constitution be damned.


10 posted on 10/17/2021 2:01:17 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: ducttape45

Hot link:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4004004/posts


11 posted on 10/17/2021 2:05:28 PM PDT by CedarDave (Wearing a mask to keep you safe from the virus is like putting up chicken wire to keep out mosquitos)
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To: yoe

I’m thinking fifth amendment, too. “No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law.” That applies to the federal government directly without the need to pass the “compelling state interest” test of the 14th.


12 posted on 10/17/2021 3:17:13 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Hard times: hard men. Hard men: soft times. Soft times: soft men. Soft men: hard times)
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To: Steve_Seattle

The legal question will be if the federal executive branch has the legal authority to mandate federal government employees be vaccinated if they don’t want to. Remember, Biden basically said, “jab or job,” as they removed the ability to request an accommodation. I doubt SCOTUS will rule on the right of the feds to do this, but they’ll likely say they can’t disallow a religious or health accommodation.


13 posted on 10/17/2021 3:21:57 PM PDT by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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To: yoe

According to many here, military service members have no rights.


14 posted on 10/17/2021 4:10:25 PM PDT by Revel
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Bless them!
Praying!


15 posted on 10/17/2021 4:13:25 PM PDT by Guenevere (When the foundations are being destroyed what can the righteous do t)
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To: yoe

They should be unconstitutional, especially for fed employees and contractors. My body my choice, right?


16 posted on 10/17/2021 5:56:09 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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