24 GOP AGs ask Supreme Court to uphold First Amendment rights of high school coach fired for praying on field
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Two dozen Republican attorneys general filed an amicus brief on Tuesday urging the Supreme Court to "uphold the constitutional rights" of Joe Kennedy, the former high school football coach who was fired for praying on the field in Washington state.
"Americans do not abandon their religious liberties at the door of their workplace," Brnovich said in a statement. "Especially at this moment in our country’s history, it is imperative that heavy-handed government be restrained from trampling on our rights to personal expression as recognized and protected by the First Amendment."
The amicus brief argues that the Ninth Circuit’s ruling goes against well-established precedent and threatens First Amendment rights, and that its justification of the district’s "discriminatory actions" creates problems for public employers and employees.