Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey asked the Supreme Court this week to hear a case over disqualifying jurors based on their Christian beliefs, saying the Constitution doesn’t support religious discrimination.
Missouri’s top cop claims a trial court struck jurors from considering Jean Finney’s employment discrimination claims against her employer, the state’s department of corrections, simply because they held Christian beliefs, a move he says was unlawful because the trial court had found the jurors could be unbiased.
Ms. Finney’s lawyer had moved to remove the potential jurors during jury selection due to his client being lesbian, according to the attorney general’s filing. The filing noted that the trial court reasoned the jurors could be “absolutely fair and impartial” despite holding Christian beliefs — but the court agreed to disqualify the jurors “to err on the side of caution.”“As attorney general, I will protect the Constitution and Missourians’ right to be free from religious discrimination, which is explicitly enshrined in the Constitution,” Mr. Bailey said. “The Constitution isn’t up for debate.
A lawyer representing Ms. Finney did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the state’s petition to the high court.She says the coworker spread false rumors about her at work and harassed her, making it hard to do her job. She sued the state’s correctional department, alleging it was responsible for the conduct under the Missouri Human Rights Act.
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