In response to several Religious Beliefs protected grounds exemption denials, a well known Constitutional Lawyer replied to the GoA demanding they be held accountable for their inappropriate review process, making this statement:
“…First, although the Requests from the three individuals named do not have the same content, the content of the three Decisions is almost exactly the same, indicating that the Panel did not scrutinize the Requests with any due diligence but instead applied a “cut and paste” approach. On principles of administrative law, this is inadequate. This Panel was indebted to show due consideration of the Requests before it and to provide reasons which accord with each Request…”