President Biden’s vaccine mandate has been hit with a brief pause. A District of Columbia judge issued a restraining order against Biden’s order which bars civilians and military individuals from being vaccinated after the Biden administration was sued over religious exemptions to the vaccine.
Fox News reports:
0COMPLAINT-TO-FILE-10.24.21“None of the civilian employee plaintiffs will be subject to discipline while his or her request for a religious exception is pending,” District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ordered, according to a Minute Order obtained by Fox News.
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.”
The court further ordered the defendants in the Biden administration to file a supplemental notice by noon on Friday that indicates whether they will agree that no plaintiff will be disciplined or terminated pending the court’s ruling.
Twenty plaintiffs sued President Biden and members of his administration in their official capacity over the president’s Sept. 9 executive order mandating vaccines for federal employees, according to civil action filed Sunday.