It could be one of the costliest natural disasters in Canada’s history. Tropical storm Fiona hit the country’s east coast over the weekend — leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. And Residents in Florida are buckling down for a possible hurricane that could make landfall later this week. Police officers in New York battling the…
Tropical Storm Fiona Batters Canada’s East Coast; NYPD Vaccine Mandate Ruled Invalid | NTD Good Morning
BC Doctors Fundraising for Legal Fight Over Vaccine Mandate for Health Workers
B.C. doctors out of work for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine are crowdfunding to raise financial support for a court battle against the provincial government in November. Vascular surgeon Dr. York Hsiang, psychiatrist Dr. David William Morgan, and clinical resource nurse Hilary VanderGugten filed a request for judicial review on June 10 to challenge the ban…
‘Everyone Has a Right to Follow His Conscience’: Military Chaplains Sue Pentagon Over Vaccine Mandate
Forty-two military chaplains have sued the Department of Defense (DoD) over its vaccine mandate, arguing that it violates their Constitutional rights to freedom of belief and other laws protecting religious freedom. Vietnam War veteran and attorney Arthur A. Schulcz Sr. who is representing the chaplains said the chaplains are seeking a preliminary injunction to bar…
Pentagon’s ‘Blanket Denial’ of Religious Exemption Requests to Vaccine Prompts GOP Lawmakers to Demand Answers
More than a dozen Republican lawmakers have called on Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to answer questions following the circulation earlier this month of a leaked memo by the Pentagon’s watchdog that found “potential noncompliance” with the law in the review and denial process of religious accommodation requests to the vaccine mandate. The June 2…
Military’s Recruitment Shortfall a Direct Result of Vaccine Mandate: GOP Lawmakers
Forty-seven Republican lawmakers recently expressed “grave concerns” about military readiness as a result of the Pentagon’s mandate in a letter (pdf) dated Sept. 15. The Epoch Times spoke to four of the lawmakers who signed the letter, which called on Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and the Department of Defense to withdraw its COVID-19 vaccine…
Health Care System Ripe for Lawsuits After Rescinding Religious Vaccine Mandate Exemptions: Lawyer
A health care system that has rescinded religious exemptions from its COVID-19 vaccine mandate is ripe for lawsuits, according to a lawyer whose group has successfully challenged mandates across the country. “It’s unlawful to rescind religious exemptions,” Mat Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel, told The Epoch Times. Froedtert Health in Wisconsin recently decided to…
Challengers Set to Fend Off Feds’ Attempt to Throw Out Travel Vaccine Mandate Lawsuits
Challengers to the travel vaccine mandate will tell a federal court judge on Sept. 21 their cases should go ahead and not be declared “moot” as argued by the attorney general. “Canada was one of the few countries in the world that had a travel ban on unvaccinated citizens flying within the country and to…
Coast Guardsmen Denied Religious Exemptions From COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Sue Biden Administration
Guardsmen denied religious exemptions to the Coast Guard’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate are suing the force, alleging the denials violate federal law. Three Guard personnel who are Christians are leading the class-action complaint against the force, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and the Department of Homeland Security after their religious exemption requests were denied even though chaplains…
Marine Corps’ New COVID-19 Policy Does Not Go Far Enough to Protect Religious Objectors to Vaccine: Attorney
In the aftermath of a federal court order temporarily blocking the Marine Corps from taking action against service members seeking religious exemption to the vaccine mandate, the branch, in a guidance released on Sept. 14, quietly rolled back some of its penalties against religious objectors to the vaccine. But, according to an attorney fighting against…
DeSantis Considers ‘More Flights’ With Illegal Immigrants; Lawmakers Urge Pentagon to End Military Vax Mandate | NTD Evening News
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Sept. 16 said that there could be more flights containing illegal immigrants to other locations after he sent around 50 to Martha’s Vineyard. Nearly 50 members of Congress are calling on the Department of Defense to end its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, citing concerns about the military’s readiness for combat. *…
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