Military Chaplains Hope Supreme Court Will Take Up Challenge to COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

Published on April 25, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether to accept the case of over 30 military chaplains challenging Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s implementation and enforcement of the now-rescinded COVID-19 vaccine mandate. On April 26, the Supreme Court will decide whether to take up a petition by 38 military chaplains to reinstate their case by vacating the Fourth Circuit’s dismissal of their constitutional and statutory claims arising from damages for requesting a religious exemption to the mandate. In March, the chaplains filed an application for injunctive relief with the Supreme Court to protect from retaliatory actions used against them for refusing to take the once-mandated COVID-19 vaccine on the grounds of religious objection....

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