Federal Government Tells U.S. High Court Military Chaplains’ Vaccine Case Is Moot

(April 1, 2024, 12:28 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals correctly ruled that it lacked jurisdiction over an appeal by military chaplains challenging the denial of their requests for religious accommodation from a requirement that they be vaccinated against COVID-19, the secretary of Defense and other federal government officials argue in a response to a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by the chaplains....