The Fifth Circuit has blocked an order that required attorneys for Southwest Airlines to undergo 'religious liberty training' provided by the Alliance Defending Freedom. This decision came as an appeal of a flight attendant's Title VII trial win is pending. The court ruled that forcing the attorneys to attend the training could violate their constitutional rights.
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EARLIER LAW DORK: Fifth Circuit blocks religious-liberty training order in Southwest Airlines case If forced to attend the Alliance Defending Freedom training, "The Southwest attorneys … would likely suffer a violation of their constitutional rights.” https://t.co/6I4kHaAeFV
A 5th Circuit panel said that US District Judge Brantley Starr likely lacked the power to order lawyers at Southwest Airlines to undergo 'religious liberty training' after a flight attendant won a discrimination lawsuit. Read further: https://t.co/WCjRyyqu21 https://t.co/3gjgzYKo1o
Religious-liberty training order likely violates lawyers' constitutional rights, 5th Circuit says. https://t.co/Y6E7NzOOZz #FirstAmendment
A 5th Circuit panel said a Texas federal judge likely lacked the power to order lawyers at Southwest Airlines to undergo 'religious liberty training' after a flight attendant won a discrimination lawsuit. Subscribe to The Daily Docket: https://t.co/s1z0JFiNQe https://t.co/K61WR1W8ug
A U.S. appeals court said a Texas federal judge likely lacked the power to order lawyers at Southwest Airlines to undergo "religious liberty training" after a flight attendant won a discrimination lawsuit, and kept his decision on hold @DanWiessner https://t.co/jWMf7wvQ2L https://t.co/TPBLDKyFEM
Last year, a district court judge tried to force Southwest Airline lawyers to attend 8 hours of "religious-liberty training" by the far-right Alliance Defending Freedom. On Friday, a conservative panel of the Fifth Circuit blocked the order. Law Dork: https://t.co/VD9UHeZZk4
Note for those following along: There are two cases out of the Fifth Circuit I’m going between. The Llano County one is about books and is a thread on here: https://t.co/x3A1LXBl8C The Southwest one is about “religious-liberty training and has a post: https://t.co/VD9UHeZruw
If forced to attend the Alliance Defending Freedom “religious-liberty training” as ordered, "The Southwest attorneys … would likely suffer a violation of their constitutional rights,” the Fifth Circuit ruled Friday. Yes, that Fifth Circuit. Law Dork: https://t.co/VD9UHeZruw
An order requiring attorneys for Southwest Airlines to attend "religious-liberty training" put on by the Alliance Defending Freedom was blocked by the Fifth Circuit. https://t.co/6AOHpmioKE
The Fifth Circuit found that an order for several in-house Southwest Airlines attorneys to undergo "religious liberty training' should be permanently placed on hold while an appeal of a flight attendant's Title VII trial win is pending. https://t.co/Y57UqXRnr0 https://t.co/4VnLofFWl0