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EEOC sues meatpacker over treatment of Muslims

FAC September 1, 2010

Muslim Somali workers at two JBS Swift & Co. meatpacking plants in Colorado and Nebraska face ongoing harassment because of their race and religion, including being prevented from getting a drink at one of the plants after fasting all day during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleges. September 1, 2010 By The Associated Press DENVER —A lawsuit filed by the EEOC on Aug. 30 in U.S. District Court in

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Judgment Vindicates Calif. Student Punished for Pro-Life T-Shirt

FAC August 13, 2010

Tiffany Amador won a free speech case in Federal Court after officials barred her from wearing her American Life League pro-life T-shirt, featuring the word “ABORTION,” at McSwain Union Elementary School in Merced, California. Christian Newswire August 13, 2010 By Katie Walker kwalker@all.org WASHINGTON — American Life League celebrated a free speech victory after a federal court entered a judgment on Thursday that a California elementary school and three school officials violated the First, Fourth and

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N.Y. town board’s prayers OK with federal judge

FAC August 9, 2010

A federal judge has ruled that a town board in upstate New York isn’t doing anything unconstitutional by opening its meetings with a brief prayer. August 9, 2010 By The Associated Press GREECE, N.Y. — The judge signed an order Aug. 5 tossing out a lawsuit filed by two residents of the town of Greece, a Rochester suburb, who had complained that prayers held at the start of town-council meetings favored Christians and violated the

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School boards ask federal judges to block employee free speech

FAC July 30, 2010

School boards are trying to reverse a federal court ruling banning administrators from controlling the free-speech rights of teachers and other school employees. California Watch July 30, 2010 By Corey G. Johnson According to a brief filed yesterday in 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) and the California School Boards Association (CSBA) argue that public K to 12 schools need discretion to regulate their employees’ expressions in the workplace.

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5th Circuit strikes down part of university’s free-speech policy

FAC July 28, 2010

A federal appeals court said universities cannot require a security fee for speaking on campus without any guidelines for what security is needed. July 28, 2010 By AP NEW ORLEANS — The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that Southeastern Louisiana University’s free-speech policy is unconstitutionally vague on that point. Jeremy Sonnier challenged the policy after trying to evangelize individual students on Nov. 19, 2007. He was told to leave because he hadn’t applied

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