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The Supreme Court Monday បានបដិសេធ an Air Force Reserve officer’s request for a preliminary injunction shielding him from punishment for refusing to follow the military’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, the latest blow to service members seeking vaccine exemptions on religious grounds.

ការពិតសំខាន់

Lt. Col. Jonathan Dunn បានស្នើ April 11 that the court temporarily prevent the Air Force from discharging or otherwise punishing him because of his refusal to get vaccinated.

Dunn claimed receiving the Covid-19 vaccine has taken on moral overtones and has thus become a religious ritual similar to worshiping a statue—something Dunn says he cannot do because, as a Christian, he “must render worship to God only.”

Dunn’s request for a religious exemption from vaccination was denied November 16, like 99.3% of all religious exemption requests made to the Air Force, and his appeal to the Surgeon General of the Air Force was denied February 8, like 99.8% of appeals.

Dunn said he had been removed from his command while the request for an injunction was pending, but that he did not seek to be reinstated to that position.

Conservative justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch were in favor of granting Dunn’s request for an injunction.

សាវតាសំខាន់

រដ្ឋមន្រ្តីក្រសួងការពារជាតិ Lloyd Austin បានប្រកាស in August that Covid-19 vaccination would be mandatory for service members to protect the health and effectiveness of the armed forces. As Dunn acknowledged in his injunction request, an ភាគច្រើនលើសលុប of Air Force members are vaccinated: As of April 12, the Air Force reported 93.9% of its reservists and 96.7% of the branch’s total forces had been fully vaccinated. The Department of Defense has set up a ដំណើរការ allowing service members to apply for religious exemptions to this policy, though in practice, nearly all requests are rejected. Additionally, the small number of requests granted have only included airmen near the end of their service, យោង​ទៅ​តាម a group of Air Force service members involved in a បណ្តឹងដាច់ដោយឡែកពីគ្នា disputing the branch’s vaccination policies. Though some lower court judges have sided with unvaccinated service members, the Supreme Court has repeatedly blocked attempts to shield them from punishment. Last month, the Supreme Court ស្នាក់នៅ a lower court ruling preventing the Navy from sidelining SEALs who refused the shot on religious grounds. In that case, as in Dunn’s case Monday, Justices Thomas, Alito and Gorsuch were the only dissenters.

តង់ហ្សង់។

All three of the justices who wished to grant Dunn’s injunction request were nominated to the court by Republican presidents. លោកថូម៉ាស was nominated by George H. W. Bush, អាល់តូ was nominated by George W. Bush and ហ្គូរុស was nominated by Donald Trump.

លេខធំ

261. That’s how many active-duty airmen have been separated for reasons related to the Air Force’s Covid-19 policies, as of April 12.

អានបន្ថែម

“Judge Prevents Air Force From Penalizing Airmen Who Refused Vaccine” (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)