Chaplaincy of Full Gospel Churches, et al. v. Department of the Navy, et al.
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Whether the Navy's grant of unbridled power to reject Non-denominational chaplains to serve as chaplain selection board members violated rulings in Grumet and Larkin
question presented is whether the Navy’s grant of unbridled power to reject Non-denominational chaplains to serving as chaplain selection board members violated rulings in Grumet, 512 U.S. at 703708, and Larkin v. Grendle’s Den, Inc., 459 U.S. 116, 125-26 (1982) that the delegation of discretionary civic power to persons defined by their religious nature requires “effective means of guaranteeing the government power will be and has been neutrally employed.” Grumet, 512 U.S. at 703. The Second question presented is whether the courts below denied Petitioners’ right of access to the courts by denying them discovery necessary to establish their claims by (1) ignoring Inspectors General investigations’ undisputed evidence one chaplain selection board member can and did anonymously destroy other chaplain careers for religious or retaliatory reasons; (2) ignoring Petitioners’ requests for judicial release from their secrecy oath to testify about denominational preferences and prejudice they witnessed on boards by Chiefs and Deputy Chiefs of iii Chaplains as board presidents and other board members; and (8) using classic equal protection precedent to nullify Establishment Clause guarantees.