Vaccine mandate updates: Federal court halts mandate against Navy personnel seeking religious exemption, and more

Although the U.S. Navy offers a procedure to request a religious accommodation from the Biden administration’s rule requiring all servicemembers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, “it is theater,” according to a federal court in Texas in a case brought by 35 plaintiffs. The court halted enforcement of the mandate against the plaintiffs after concluding that the Navy’s process predetermined a denial.