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  1. May 19, 2026

    Feds Say High Court Should Skip Religious Bias Vax Fight

    The U.S. solicitor general urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to wade into a religious bias case challenging New York's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, arguing that a Second Circuit decision backing the case's dismissal did not undermine federal civil rights law.

  2. December 08, 2025

    High Court Wants Feds' Input On Health Workers' Vax Fight

    The U.S. Supreme Court asked Monday for the federal government's input on a group of religious workers' challenge to a pandemic-era New York state policy requiring healthcare providers to make their employees be vaccinated against COVID-19.

  3. October 08, 2025

    3 Bias Petitions To Watch As High Court Term Gets In Gear

    A new U.S. Supreme Court term kicked off this week, and the justices already have several pending petitions on their plates that could impact antidiscrimination law, including a challenge to the high court's landmark same-sex marriage ruling from 2015. Here, Law360 looks at three bids for review that discrimination lawyers should have on their radar.

  4. September 11, 2025

    Vax Battle Offers Justices Vehicle To Widen Religious Rights

    The U.S. Supreme Court will consider taking up a case brought by a group of religious healthcare workers challenging a New York state vaccination requirement, setting up an opportunity for the high court to broaden workers' ability to secure faith-related job accommodations.