School Worker DEI Training Appeal Gets Full 8th Cir. Inquiry (1)

The full Eighth Circuit on Wednesday sent mixed signals on whether it might revive a free-speech lawsuit by two Missouri school workers alleging their district’s anti-racism training coerced them to express a particular viewpoint.

Judges Steven M. Colloton, James B. Loken, Lavenski R. Smith, Raymond W. Gruender, Duane Benton, Bobby E. Shepherd, Jane L. Kelly, Ralph R. Erickson, L. Steven Grasz, David R. Stras, and Jonathan A. Kobes questioned during the en banc oral argument whether Springfield Public School District subjected employees to adverse action or threatened them with negative consequences ...