In my opinion, the SC made the right call**. I read the ruling, and unlike what the news is reporting, this case and ruling focused solely on the ability of a federal court to dictate what constitutes a deployment requirement. The SC stated that it is not the business of a federal court to tell the DoD what constitutes a deployment requirement, as the DoD is naturally going to be the agency to know what is needed for deployments. They are correct.
**However, this has now empowered the DoD to make the COVID vax a deployment requirement, and then separate all of us "refusers" for not being able to deploy. I believe we may see the DoD do a complete 180 after this ruling and approve any and all religious exemptions they have. This would solve their two biggest problems right now, all in one go. First, by approving all religious exemptions almost all of their legal troubles would end. They are being sued because they have approved none. Second, this solves the problem of us refusers, as they can now legally separate us en masse for being "non deployable" (as well as not being able to go TDY or PCS). I expect that we will soon see mass approvals of Religious exemptions, followed swiftly with separation paperwork.
**However, this has now empowered the DoD to make the COVID vax a deployment requirement, and then separate all of us "refusers" for not being able to deploy. I believe we may see the DoD do a complete 180 after this ruling and approve any and all religious exemptions they have. This would solve their two biggest problems right now, all in one go. First, by approving all religious exemptions almost all of their legal troubles would end. They are being sued because they have approved none. Second, this solves the problem of us refusers, as they can now legally separate us en masse for being "non deployable" (as well as not being able to go TDY or PCS). I expect that we will soon see mass approvals of Religious exemptions, followed swiftly with separation paperwork.
