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Supreme Court gives partial OK to Navy for vaccine mandate

Source: Joe Sohm/Visions of America

The U.S. Supreme Court late Friday reinstated the Biden administration's program mandating that members of the military be vaccinated against COVID-19 or face reassignment.

The vote was 6-to-3 to partially overturn a decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which had blocked a Department of Defense vaccine mandate for military personnel. The lower court sided with a group of Navy SEALs who contended that religious exemptions included in the DoD directive were too restricted. Friday's decision mainly

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