( March 23, 2026, 2:11 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on March 23 denied a petition for writ of certiorari filed by current and former police officers asking to address a circuit split regarding discovery and determine if a decision in an early 20th century smallpox case “should be limited or overturned in favor of a tiers-of-scrutiny approach in assessing First Amendment religious discrimination claims” while challenging the dismissal of claims that collection of their COVID-19 testing results and vaccination statuses violated federal and state law....