The Supreme Court said Friday it would hear a religious liberty dispute over the U.S. Postal Service’s requirement that workers deliver Amazon packages on Sunday, in violation of their observance of Sunday as the Sabbath.
The case was brought by Gerald Groff, a Christian man who worked for the postal service since 2012. He resigned in 2019 when his Holtwood, Pennsylvania, office said it was unable to accommodate his observance of Sunday as a day for worship and rest because of its obligation to deliver packages for Amazon.
Prior to that, the USPS had skipped him in rotation, but his lawyers say he increasingly faced punishment short of firing.