March 16, 2022
A former high school football coach who says his religious rights were violated after he was suspended for praying at midfield after games will get a chance to plead his case before the U.S. Supreme Court on April 25.
March 03, 2022
High-profile amici including Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, former Attorney General Bill Barr and state GOP attorneys general are backing a former high school football coach in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that his religious rights were violated after he insisted on praying at midfield after games. Here, Law360 looks at several arguments the coach’s supporters are using to try to sway the justices.
February 28, 2022
A Washington public school district traded jabs Monday with a former football coach over whether the U.S. Supreme Court should moot his First Amendment case alleging he was unconstitutionally suspended for praying on-field after games, with each side blaming the other for wasting the courts' time.
February 23, 2022
A high school football coach who was suspended over his post-game prayer ritual told the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday that the First Amendment protects the sort of private religious expression he exhibited and that concluding otherwise would open the door to "unbridled censorship" by public schools.
February 18, 2022
A Washington school district told the U.S. Supreme Court to moot a former football coach's First Amendment case over whether he was unconstitutionally suspended for praying at midfield, arguing Friday that he recently moved to Florida and likely wouldn't return to the $5,000-per-year coaching gig if he wins reinstatement.
January 18, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to tackle whether a high school football coach was unconstitutionally punished for praying on the field gives the high court's new conservative supermajority a chance to opine on workplace religious expression and potentially limit public employers' ability to rein it in.
January 14, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday that it would hear a former high school football coach's challenge to the dismissal of a lawsuit that claimed his First Amendment rights were violated when he was suspended for refusing to alter his post-game prayer ritual.
January 03, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to hear a Christian football coach's case claiming his rights were violated when he was suspended for refusing to forgo his postgame prayer ritual, while the D.C. Circuit is poised to rule on whether Title VII forbids job transfers that stem from bias. Here are five discrimination cases employment attorneys should have on their radar in 2022.
December 22, 2021
A high school football coach pressed the U.S. Supreme Court to take up his case claiming he was discriminated against for leading prayers after games, saying the school district he's accusing of religious bias is using "misdirection" to keep its win intact.
December 08, 2021
A Washington public school district has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a former football coach's religious rights case, saying he rebuffed efforts to find a reasonable alternative to his public post-game prayer ritual before he was yanked off the sidelines.