the covid victory mandate saying they have a massive back log, 12,000 servicemembers across all branches of applied to the exemption but the defense department says there is a lengthy review process and an overwhelming number of requests. the dod says 30,000 servicemembers of not been vaccinated but some have gotten medical or administrative exemptions, so far no religious exemption requests have been approved. supreme court justice brett kavanaugh is putting the white house on notice 27 states and a slew groups like biden s vaccine mandate on private businesses, giving the administration until december 30th to respond to the losses challenging the controversial policy. biden wants businesses with 100 or more people to mandate the covid 9 vaccine or force employees to test regularly. todd: going to be a busy week for this christmas lawyers.