Legal News
Justices to hear evangelical Christian postal worker’s religious accommodation case
Employees of the U.S. Postal Service are famous for delivering the mail even in the worst conditions. But when Gerald Groff was hired to work as a postal carrier in 2012, postal carriers didn’t work on Sundays. That changed in 2013, when USPS signed a...
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Apr 18, 2023
Colorado man’s First Amendment challenge will test the scope of protection for threatening speech
There is no dispute that the Facebook messages Billy Raymond Counterman sent to local Colorado musician Coles Whalen made her feel afraid. For years, Counterman sent increasingly menacing messages in which he suggested that he had seen Whalen – who is ide
By IG
Apr 18, 2023
Washington family counselor challenges state’s ban on conversion therapy
The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. Conversion therapy, the practice of seeking to change a gay or transgender person’s se
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Apr 16, 2023
Another Day, Another Desperate Trump Plea To Delay E. Jean Carroll Defamation Suit
Keep trying, the court seems to be warming to these garbage motions. The post Another Day, Another Desperate Trump Plea To Delay E. Jean Carroll Defamation Suit appeared first on Above the Law.
By IG
Apr 15, 2023