Biden Admin Promises to Ignore DC Court Ruling That Protects Religiously Exempt From Firing

Darian Alexander | Oct 29, 2021




Joe Biden puts his face diaper on after speaking about the COVID-19 relief package in the State Dining Room of the White House, Monday, March 15, 2021, in Washington. (Associated Press)

A Washington, D.C., district court judge issued a last-minute order Thursday telling the Biden administration that both civilian and active-duty military plaintiffs should not be terminated as they await a ruling after they sued the administration over religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccines, Fox News reported.
“None of the civilian employee plaintiffs will be subject to discipline while his or her request for a religious exception is pending,” read a minute order from District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly obtained by Fox News.

The Biden administration, which had until noon on Friday to respond, said in a filing that it would not agree to halt the discipline and termination of any employees in the process of seeking a religious exemption to the vaccine pending the court’s ruling on the temporary restraining order (TRO) motion.
“It is Plaintiffs’ burden to demonstrate impending irreparable harm…but Plaintiffs offer nothing beyond speculation to suggest that their religious exception requests will be denied and that they will be disciplined at all, much less on the first day that such discipline is theoretically possible,” wrote the Biden administration in its filing Friday.

Essentially, the Biden administration argued plaintiffs who are suing for to keep both their bodily autonomy and livelihood would have to prove that the US government will NOT unfairly deny their religious exemption. The statement is of course a subjective one that could invite many different viewpoints on what is considered a ‘valid’ religious exemption request and what is not.
The judge on Thursday also asked the administration to agree that “active duty military plaintiffs, whose religious exception requests have been denied, will not be disciplined or separated during the pendency of their appeals.”



Jenna Ellis
@JennaEllisEsq

BREAKING: @Yoder_Esq with a HUGE WIN in Church v. Biden. (Yes, that’s the actual case caption. For those playing along, 1:21-cv-2815)This is an amazing development from the DC District Court in the stand for OUR RIGHTS against the unconstitutional vaccine mandates.



7:24 PM · Oct 28, 2021


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