December 16, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court said a public high school football coach could pray on the field after games, the U.S. Soccer Federation agreed to a $24 million settlement with female players, and Google said it would pay $118 million to wrap up a pay equity battle of its own. Here, Law360 reviews four blockbuster developments in discrimination cases in 2022.
July 13, 2022
In the first half of 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court delved into hot-button issues when it invalidated the Labor Department's COVID-19 vaccine-or-testing emergency rule and ruled that a high school football coach was unconstitutionally punished for praying on the field after games. Here, Law360 looks at four of the most notable discrimination and workplace safety decisions so far in 2022.
June 27, 2022
Justice Neil Gorsuch's opinion Monday is clear: The landmark First Amendment case known as Lemon v. Kurtzman, which had long plagued religious conservatives, is no longer good law. But no one seems to agree whether the so-called Lemon test even had a pulse before Monday's U.S. Supreme Court decision in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District.
June 27, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that a public school district violated the First Amendment by suspending a football coach who insisted on praying at midfield right after games.
April 25, 2022
The case of the praying high school football coach divided the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, but some conservative justices appeared in agreement that the so-called Lemon test for religion cases seems to still be causing confusion despite lying dormant for 20 years.
April 25, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative wing had pointed questions Monday about why a school district suspended a Christian football coach who refused to alter his post-game prayer ritual, while the court as a whole grappled with the facts surrounding the coach's departure from his job.
April 22, 2022
In its final oral arguments of the term, the U.S. Supreme Court will balance religious rights of school employees with the separation of church and state, the Biden administration's efforts to end a Trump-era immigration policy and a dispute arising out of the 2020 McGirt decision expanding Indian Country in Oklahoma. Law360 breaks down what to expect.
April 15, 2022
A former high school football coach who was suspended for his post-game prayers told the U.S. Supreme Court in a Friday filing that just because religious speech occurs at a public school doesn't mean the government sanctions it.
April 04, 2022
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of a public school football coach who was suspended after he insisted on praying at midfield could result in LGBTQ students and those with minority religious viewpoints being ostracized from their communities, supporters of the coach's former employer have told the justices.
March 25, 2022
A Washington state public school district on Friday urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to overturn standards for how public employers can regulate workers' speech, saying a high school football coach's arguments that his private religious expression was censored rely on "creative remodeling" of both facts and law.