Religious Liberty or Constitutional Malfeasance?

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On its face, the case Groff v. Dejoy, Postmaster General, seems quite simple. Can the United States Postal Service punish an employee for refusing to work on Sundays for religious reasons?

Mr. Groff took a mail delivery job with the USPS, which did not generally involve working on Sundays. When the USPS signed an agreement with Amazon that included Sunday deliveries, Mr. Groff moved to another station, a more rural one that did not offer Sunday deliveries. When that station began to offer Sunday deliveries, Mr. Groff refused to work those days, forcing the USPS to redistribute his work to other employees. This led to progressively increased discipline, which caused Mr. Groff to resign and file suit.

This decision is founded on nothing but a towering house of cards waiting for the slightest breeze to blow it down. What happens when the next judge or justice arbitrarily decides that an employee’s Sunday off is an undue hardship?

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