Baker Botts LLP https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Thu, 26 Jan 2023 13:40:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Baker Botts LLP https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Religious Freedom Case Involving Postal Worker https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/01/scotus-agrees-to-hear-religious-freedom-case-involving-postal-worker/ Thu, 26 Jan 2023 15:00:31 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=22911 Written by Jorge Gomez

Big news: The U.S. Supreme Court announced it will hear our case involving former postal worker Gerald Groff, who was wrongly forced out of his job because of his religious beliefs.

Along with First Liberty, he is represented by Baker Botts LLP, the Church State Council and the Independence Law Center.

The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is not required to grant a religious accommodation for an employee to observe the Sunday Sabbath.… Continue Reading

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