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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Supreme Court rules that Joe Biden is commander-in-chief. Three justices dissent.
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https://www.vox.com/22996799/supreme-court-biden-navy-seal-vaccine-austin-covid
The Supreme Court on Friday evening decided, no, it was not going to needlessly insert itself in the military chain of command above President Joe Biden.
The Courts decision in Austin v. U.S. Navy SEALs 1-26 largely halted a lower court order that permitted certain sailors to defy a direct order. A group of Navy special operations personnel sought an exemption from the Pentagons requirement that all active duty service members get vaccinated against Covid-19, claiming that they should receive a religious exemption.
A majority of the Court effectively ruled that, yes, in fact, troops do have to follow orders, including an order to take a vaccine.
The decision is undeniably a win for the balance of power between the executive branch and the judiciary that has prevailed for many decades. But the fact that the Court had to weigh in on this at all not to mention that three justices, Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch, dissented from the majority is a worrisome sign about Americas judiciary.
As Justice Brett Kavanaugh explained in a brief opinion laying out why the lower court erred, this court in effect inserted itself into the Navys chain of command, overriding military commanders professional military judgments. Had the Court ruled the other way in SEALs, it would have effectively placed itself at the apex of the militarys chain of command, displacing Biden as commander-in-chief.
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Mad_Machine76
(24,338 posts)RockCreek
(738 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,040 posts)The Magistrate
(95,237 posts)I was leaning towards Mr. Borowitz rather than The Onion, and then --- straight news.
Mad_Machine76
(24,338 posts)that Mr. Borowitz, The Onion, and NYT Pitchbot are fast approaching obsolescence in this timeline.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Tetrachloride
(7,701 posts)t three justices, Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch, dissented from the majority
TheBlackAdder
(28,028 posts).
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yaesu
(8,020 posts)push a total revolt against the kings court that will abolish this stupid system that allows robed idiots the power they have.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,439 posts)so republican soldiers can break ranks and fire on civilians specifically liberal civilians without consequence.Republicans have declared war against the united states. The republicans will destroy this country if they are not stopped cold.
WVreaper
(616 posts)Is he actually growing a pair?
Kaleva
(36,093 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,711 posts)But all NATO countries are providing militarily support in supplies c130 Hercules, over 100,000 US troops, F16, AWACS, fighter patrols, refueling planes, Blackhawks, intelligence gathering drones, etc... Anyone votes against our President, is suspect in my mind.
We are battle ready all across the US. We have at least 80 fighter trainers up daily, refueling planes... Here in Medford, Oregon, the last 2 days, we have had 12 stratotankers and 1 AWACS fly in from 2 different flight paths. We're preparing for whatever putin has planned. President Biden is making sure we don't get caught with our pants down! Unlike the pos Trump, who would love putin to piss all over us, and tell us it was raining.
Duppers
(28,088 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Those 3 need to go!
DFW
(53,930 posts)Although they understood that a chain of command is a chain of command, if these same SEALs want to vote, and their home states decide they're the wrong color, they CAN be denied that right, according to the same two justices.
The lower court should not have "inserted itself into the Navy's chain of command." Good call. So, how can states' lower courts insert themselves into a constitutionally guaranteed right to vote?
We all know the answer, of course. Twenty Navy SEALs won't determine the outcome of an election. The voters of Fulton County and DeKalb county will.
W_HAMILTON
(7,778 posts)Today, I see the same headline pop up in my little news feed and was like, "what the hell?" and went to read the article to see what it was all about.
This conservative-hijacked Supreme Court is such a joke.
RANDYWILDMAN
(2,633 posts)This just reinforces what we already know