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SCOTUS to Hear Case of Evangelical Christian Who Asked Post Office Not to Force Him to Work Sundays

SCOTUS to Hear Case of Evangelical Christian Who Asked Post Office Not to Force Him to Work Sundays
A United States Postal Service (USPS) worker unloads packages from his truck in the Manhattan borough of New York, on April 13, 2020. Mike Segar/Reuters
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
1/13/2023|Updated: 1/16/2023
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The Supreme Court agreed late on Jan. 13 to take up the civil rights lawsuit of an evangelical Christian postal worker in Pennsylvania who quit the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) after it refused to accommodate his wish to not work on the Sunday Sabbath.

The granting of the petition in Groff v. DeJoy, court file 22-174, over the opposition of the Biden administration, comes as the high court has become increasingly protective of First Amendment-based religious protections in recent years.

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