The Defense Department asked the Supreme Court to let its COVID-19 vaccine requirements apply to unwilling U.S. Navy SEALs following a federal judge's ruling that temporarily blocked the Pentagon from halting their deployments. RestoringAmerica
SEALs following a federal judge's ruling that temporarily blocked the Pentagon from halting their deployments.
“The Navy has an extraordinarily compelling interest in ensuring that the servicemembers who perform those missions are as physically and medically prepared as possible,” according to court filings by the administration. “That includes vaccinating them against COVID-19, which is the least restrictive means of achieving that interest.”
“Both Judge O'Connor and the Fifth Circuit got it right; there is no Covid exception to our Constitution. But the Biden Administration appears to be more interested in promoting its harmful agenda than in defending the Constitution,” Mike Berry, counsel for the Navy SEALs, said in a statement. “As the Fifth Circuit did last week, the U.S.