Tuesday, March 11, 2025

STOCKTON CASE ALMOST MAKES IT TO SCOTUS

By Bob Walsh

 

 
Acting today the Supreme Court of the United States declined to review a ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Former Fire Chief Ronald Hittle had been sacked.  He claimed he was discriminated against because he is a Christian.  The Ninth Circuit ruled that he didn't have enough proof to support his claim.  The Supreme Court, by declining to take the case, more or less agreed with that position.

The City Manager (who I have had dealings with and who I think is a jerk) asserted, probably correctly, that they had ample reason to wave bye-bye to Hittle and that his bible thumping was only a modest part of the reasons he was sacked.

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