Justice for Americans
Our Legal Efforts
Feds for Freedom, formerly Feds for Medical Freedom, led the judicial charge in defending the Constitutional rights of hundreds of thousands of federal employees and contractors.
We are committed to preventing government overreach, safeguarding bodily autonomy, compensating those whose rights were violated, and holding bad actors within the government accountable.
We are prepared to litigate on behalf of our members if the need arises.
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The legal documents listed below are central to several lawsuits that challenged the U.S. Government's 2021 COVID-19 vaccine mandates, which we believe were both unconstitutional and immoral.
In Feds for Medical Freedom v. Biden, Feds for Freedom (then Feds for Medical Freedom) successfully challenged the Biden Administration's Executive Order requiring all federal civilian employees to receive a vaccination for COVID-19. The District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued an injunction staying the order for the entire federal workforce. While a panel of three judges in the Fifth Circuit overruled the District Court's decision, a full en banc panel of the Fifth Circuit reinstated the injunction soon after, with no enforcement of the mandate in the interim. That injunction remained until the Biden Administration rescinded the Order in 2023, ending the mandate permanently.
In Feds for Medical Freedom v. Garland, a group of FBI employees sued for several counts of religious discrimination and violations of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act over enforcement of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. A judge in the Southern District of Texas allowed several counts of discrimination to proceed to the trial phase. The parties will argue a motion to certify a class in the case and conduct discovery over the next several months. The Court has set a trial for November 25, 2025.
In Felmlee v. Austin, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) granted reinstatement, back pay, compensatory damages, rescission of all adverse actions, and attorneys fees and costs in favor of Feds for Freedom member Holly Felmlee. The Judge also ordered the Department of Defense to train Holly's manager and consider punishing her. Finally, the Judge ordered DoD to post notices at the facility that it had terminated a probationary employee for requesting a religious accommodation, and reminding the facility that it cannot discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, or national origin.
In Feds for Freedom v. DOL, Feds for Freedom has succeeded in receiving several tranches of documents related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Arzamendi v. Austin, a group of DoD employees are appealing a ruling from the Northern District of Texas that the recission of the vaccine mandate mooted their claims of religious discrimination over their requests for accommodation from the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Oral arguments are on February 25, 2025, before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
In Thomas v. Nelson, a group of NASA employees seek class certification of their claims of religious discrimination and violation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. A motion to dismiss is pending in the District Court for the District of Columbia.