Two service members move to block Pentagon vaccine requirement in court

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Two service members filed a potential class action lawsuit against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to attempt to block him from requiring all troops receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

Army Staff Sgt. Dan Robert and Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Hollie Mulvihill, who filed the complaint Aug. 17 in the U.S. District Court of Colorado, also want the Pentagon to create a vaccine exemption for those previously infected with the coronavirus as they already have "natural immunity."

The two, who are both based in North Carolina, argue that the Defense Department's vaccine mandate "is in open violation" of the rights of service members and is unconstitutional.

Austin is named as a defendant in the lawsuit as are Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Janet Woodcock, acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/troops-move-to-block-pentagon-vaccine-requirement-in-court/ar-AAP0L6U

[ornotna]

1. Oath keepers my ass

This will not end well for them.

[Ocelot II]

2. Don't all members of the military services have to get a whole bunch of vaccinations

almost as soon as they enlist, no exceptions? Why should this one be any different?

[Jerry2144]

4. They do

So disobeying a lawful order. Sounds like something the courts martial should address. But then to E-1, give them a several year stay at Club Fed making Little Rock’s from big ones, then dishonorable discharge. Vaccinations are mandatory for the service since disease can take down a unit easily

[jmowreader]

20. The first place you go when you join the Army is Reception Station

This is where you get your haircuts, uniforms, kill off two trees filling out paperwork...I was in Reception for a week - I think it's longer now - and there were two immunization sessions during that time. Then a few weeks after you join your basic training company you are marched back to Reception Station for a third round of immunizations.

[PortTack]

3. Just resign...or allow yourself to be discharged

[StarfishSaver]

5. These people are too stupid to be trusted in the military

[marybourg]

6. Are service members allowed to go outside of the chain of

command to make a complaint in court?

[twin_ghost]

7. Yes they can file lawsuits in civil courts.

The military has the option to just discharge them from the service for not being compatible with the service for refusing the vaccine. It doesn't take a lot to discharge a military member in 30 days with no UCMJ action happening. Back when I was in the US Army in the 1980's if a soldier was arrested for a serious civilian crime the army would discharge them under general conditions and deliver the paperwork to the soldier in jail.

[marble falls]

10. Hell, we had two guys picked up by the FBI right out of the barracks in boot camp, in '72.

[twin_ghost]

12. Trainee discharge with no benefits possible!

[marble falls]

13. The one guy had robbed a bank in Chicago, the other's name was Araby Araby and I think ...

... his problem was with documentation fraud used to enlist. He might have gotten deported.

[twin_ghost]

14. We had a guy from Korea have immigration troubles, but they let him finish Basic & AIT.

I don't know what happened to him after that.

[marble falls]

15. Araby was just a nice guy, eager to be part of the unit. I'd like to think it all worked out ...

... but, you know, the Nixon years.

[twin_ghost]

16. Well I served during the Reagan Years.

I actually voted for him in 84, but changed to democrats in 1988 and onward.

[marble falls]

17. There's a lot of former Republicans here. I finally gave up when I realized that I had been ...

... voting for Democrats for national office for about twenty years. I do vote for one GOP judge. I know Judge Oak and he is a fair judge, and he hasn't had anyone run against him in the fifteen or so years I've been in town.

[twin_ghost]

18. Yes, I will vote for a fair minded judge that is a republican.

As long as they stick to the law then they are a OKAY in my book.

[marble falls]

19. Conservative judges who love the law and respect the Constitution are acceptable if there's ...

... no progressives running.

A fairly conservative SCOTUS smacked 45 down a load of times.

[Baked Potato]

8. Maybe they can sue for having to get up too early, too. Nt

[marble falls]

9. Two more RWers that need weeding out. That they are so stupid to think they will prevail ...

... means they are too stupid to be carrying weapons.

[Johonny]

11. I assume this won't go well.

[Skittles]

21. Hollie sounds like a real winner

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