Judge Blocks Biden Administration from Firing Unvaccinated Civilian and Military Employees

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the District of Columbia on Thursday issued a temporary restraining order that protects military and civilian employees from being fired while their requests for religious exemptions to Biden's vaccine mandate are being heard, according to Fox News.

"None of the civilian employee plaintiffs will be subject to discipline while his or her request for a religious exception is pending," Kollar-Kotelly ordered.

The judge also ruled that "Active duty military plaintiffs, whose religious exception requests have been denied, will not be disciplined or separated during the pendency of their appeals," according to Fox News.

The court further ordered that Biden and the top administration officials named in the lawsuit file a notice Friday to indicate whether they will agree that no plaintiff will be disciplined or terminated until there is a final ruling on the question of religious exemptions.

Twenty people had sued Biden and his top officials over the executive order that mandated vaccinations for all federal workers, civilian and military alike.

"The Biden administration has shown an unprecedented, cavalier attitude toward the rule of law and an utter ineptitude at basic constitutional contours," attorney Michael Yoder, who represented those suing the administration, said in a statement.

The complaint noted that abortion was central to the religious objections offered by those suing the Biden administration.

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