A Massachusetts municipal bus driver and union president was fired for doing a TV news interview while driving and not because he spoke out about looming budget cuts during it, a federal judge said Tuesday in an order tossing the driver's free speech suit.
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(CN) A Ninth Circuit panel Friday affirmed a federal judge’s denial of a church’s bid to block California’s temporary ban on indoor worship during the Covid-19 pandemic, but said the state could not impose attendance caps in less restrictive tiers of its health order.
California’s public health order bars any indoor gathering for religious services when an increase in both Covid-19 infections and hospitalizations strain local health care systems.
The panel agreed that the church is suffering “irreparable harm” by not being allowed to hold worship services indoors with its members, but said the measures are necessary to curb viral spread.