Oklahoma attorney general sues feds over military vaccine mandate

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OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Attorney General John O'Connor announced a suit Thursday against the Biden medication implicit the national vaccine mandate for national employees and the National Guard.

The suit asks the tribunal to artifact the feds from withholding national backing from the Oklahoma National Guard oregon its members implicit their vaccination status.

“Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate ensures that galore Oklahoma National Guard members volition simply discontinue alternatively of getting a vaccine, a concern that volition irreparably harm Oklahomans’ information and security,” O’Connor said.

“These patriots, on with galore national employees, who service their state and their authorities are present astatine hazard of being terminated due to the fact that they bash not privation to instrumentality the vaccine.”

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin sent a missive to Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt earlier this week reinforcing the request for subject members to beryllium vaccinated pursuing Stitt's petition to bypass the mandate.

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Stitt released the pursuing connection successful effect to the lawsuit:

“The U.S. Constitution, the Oklahoma Constitution, and U.S. Code Title 32 are each clear: arsenic governor, I americium the Commander-in-Chief of the Oklahoma National Guard.

Therefore, unless mobilized by the President of the United States nether U.S. Code Title10, I clasp the authorization for each grooming and governance of the Oklahoma National Guard – including determining if and however grooming guidelines issued by the president volition beryllium implemented.

This week, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin declared his volition to proceed with unconstitutional punishment that individually targets Oklahoma National Guard soldiers and airmen, including withholding their pay.

It is unconscionable that President Biden and his medication are choosing to play authorities with subject paychecks, particularly amid the highest ostentation complaint successful 30 years and truthful adjacent to the vacation season.

Threatening the wage of National Guard members is manifestly unlawful and unfair, arsenic unvaccinated active-duty unit bash not person their wage withheld.

Further, it is hypocritical that Secretary Austin addresses the value of aesculapian readiness successful his missive but fails to notation that dissimilar active-duty personnel, National Guard members are not provided wellness attraction and indispensable acquisition it themselves. If aesculapian readiness is genuinely that precocious of a precedence to the Department of Defense, it should supply wellness attraction for each National Guard Soldiers and Airmen similar it does for progressive work work members.

I volition proceed warring to support Oklahoma against this alarming signifier of unconstitutional national overreach coming from the Biden administration.”

The Army's deadline for active-duty subject members to get vaccinated is Dec. 15 portion National Guard soldiers are required to beryllium vaccinated by June 30, 2022.

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