Missouri asks Supreme Court to consider jury disqualification over Christian beliefs
- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has asked the Supreme Court to review a state court's decision to remove Christian jurors from an employment discrimination lawsuit. Bailey argues that the removal of jurors based on their religious views violates the Fourteenth Amendment.
- The employment discrimination lawsuit involves Jean Finney, who sued the Missouri Department of Corrections over alleged retaliation after entering a same-sex relationship with her coworker's former spouse. Finney's attorney asked jurors about their conservative Christian beliefs and moved to strike those who held traditional religious views on sexuality.
- Bailey argues that the trial court's reasoning has no limiting principle and could set a dangerous precedent for removing jurors based on religion, race, or other factors. He asserts that protecting Missourians' right to be free from religious discrimination is explicitly enshrined in the Constitution.
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