A group of five governors requested the Department of Defense cancel the vaccine mandate for National Guard members in Title 32 duty status. As previously reported by Human Events News, National Guard members were required to get vaccinated by December 2. Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, Nebraska Gov. […]
A group of five governors requested the Department of Defense cancel the vaccine mandate for National Guard members in Title 32 duty status.
As previously reported by Human Events News, National Guard members were required to get vaccinated by December 2.
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts and Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
As reported by Just the News, they argued that while Austin can establish readiness standards for activation into Title 10 status, directives declaring whether individuals who refuse to get the vaccine can train in Title 32 status or have to be punished if they refuse are beyond his authority.
“The U.S. Supreme Court has for decades affirmed in cases, such as in Perpich v. Department of Defense, 496 U.S. 334 (1990) that the National Guard is under the command and control of the Governor of each state unless those members are called to active service under Title 10,” the governors wrote.
Gov. Reynolds called the requirement a federal overstep.
“These are the very men and women who have selflessly devoted their lives to protecting us and responding to major disasters and times of crisis at the drop of a hat to provide peace and comfort, and now the federal government is giving them an ultimatum to get the vaccine or be separated from serving their country,” she said.
