May 10, 2022
A Texas federal judge has refused to let the U.S. Department of Defense duck a lawsuit from Navy SEALs challenging the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, ruling that the department's denial of deployments for those without the vaccine negatively affects their careers.
March 01, 2022
The Fifth Circuit refused to narrow an injunction blocking the military from applying its COVID-19 vaccine mandate to U.S. Navy service members who say the requirement violates their religious beliefs, saying keeping the freeze in place won’t hurt the government.
February 17, 2022
The U.S. Department of Defense has urged the Fifth Circuit to narrow an injunction barring COVID-19 vaccines for U.S. Navy special operators who claim they violate their religious rights, saying it wrongly interferes with military issues.
February 14, 2022
A Texas federal judge has denied the U.S. Department of Defense's bid to stay, pending appeal, a January order halting its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which is being challenged by a group of 35 U.S. Navy service members who requested religious accommodations to the requirement.
January 24, 2022
A group of U.S. Navy service members on Monday filed an amended complaint seeking to turn a Texas federal lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Defense's COVID-19 vaccine mandate into a class action, while the government requested a stay of the court's freeze on the requirement as it's appealed.
January 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Defense has urged a Texas federal judge to toss a lawsuit alleging its COVID-19 vaccine mandate violates the religious beliefs of members of the Navy's Special Warfare Command, saying the suit was premature and filed in the wrong state.
January 04, 2022
A Texas federal judge blocked the U.S. Navy from mandating COVID-19 vaccines for members of its Special Warfare Command who claim the requirement violated their rights as Christians, saying the Navy hasn't approved a religious vaccine exemption request in seven years.
November 09, 2021
Thirty-five members of the Navy's Special Warfare Command sued over the military's COVID-19 vaccine mandate in Texas federal court Tuesday, saying the policy denies them their fundamental religious rights.