SCOTUS Sides With 9th Circuit, Refuses Application of Airman Punished for Refusing COVID-19 Vax

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Dunn questions whether the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) and the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution allow military authorities to permit secular exceptions to specific conduct "while categorically denying all religious accommodations based on a broad asserted interest rather than an individualized assessment of the efficacy of less restrictive measures to serve the interest as properly defined in terms of the particular claimant," according to the application filed with the Supreme Court.
51% : Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch, who are known for supporting religious liberties, indicated they would have granted the application for an injunction pending appeal.

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