{"id":2635814,"date":"2026-07-27T05:30:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T09:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-urged-to-take-up-discrimination-case-where-muslim-bus-driver-was-pressured-to-remove-hijab\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T05:33:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T09:33:48","slug":"supreme-court-urged-to-take-up-discrimination-case-where-muslim-bus-driver-was-pressured-to-remove-hijab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-urged-to-take-up-discrimination-case-where-muslim-bus-driver-was-pressured-to-remove-hijab\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court urged to take up discrimination case where Muslim bus driver was pressured to remove hijab"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-urged-to-take-up-discrimination-case-where-muslim-bus-driver-was-pressured-to-remove-hijab%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2635814&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article covers a case where the Supreme Court is being asked to review a discrimination lawsuit filed by Muslim bus driver Shannon Cross in California. Cross alleges she was unfairly fired after facing harassment and pressure not to wear her hijab,which she claims violated her religious rights. She initially had a religious exemption for wearing her hijab but was reportedly harassed for it, and after reporting the harassment, she was dismissed shortly following a collision with a cyclist, despite evidence suggesting she was not at fault. The lower courts dismissed her case, citing police reports and policies, but her lawyers argue that the courts improperly applied the McDonnell Douglas framework for discrimination cases, which made it difficult for her to prove her claims. The Supreme Court may decide whether to hear her case in the upcoming term. Other cases scheduled for the term include a religious liberty dispute involving an Orthodox Jewish man in Ohio, challenges to assault weapons bans, and a case about Colorado&#8217;s preschool funding restrictions for Catholic institutions. The Supreme Court&#8217;s next term begins on October 5.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"203\">Supreme Court<\/a> is being urged to take up a discrimination case from a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/muslim\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2193\">Muslim<\/a> bus driver in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"60\">California<\/a> who claims she was fired unfairly after being pressured not to wear her hijab.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/26\/26-100\/416897\/20260720144727025_26-___%20Petition%20for%20Writ.pdf\">petition<\/a> <em>Cross v. Central Contra Costa Transit Authority<\/em>, Shannon Cross asked the high court to reverse a lower court\u2019s decision to summarily dismiss her lawsuit alleging she was fired for a discriminatory reason after facing mockery and hostility for wearing her hijab as part of her religious beliefs, despite her supervisors\u2019 characterization of her termination as a result of her collision with a biker. Cross alleged other drivers kept their jobs after similar collisions.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4662271\/supreme-court-urged-to-take-up-discrimination-case-where-muslim-bus-driver-was-pressured-to-remove-hijab\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Supreme Court urged to take up discrimination case where Muslim bus driver was pressured to remove hijab<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4662086\/justice-kagan-says-supreme-court-not-puppet-for-trump-administration\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Justice Kagan says Supreme Court is not a \u2018puppet\u2019 for Trump administration<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4657804\/supreme-court-urged-strike-down-federal-distilling-prohibition-federal-overreach-argument\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Supreme Court urged to strike down federal distilling prohibition<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cross alleged that she was initially barred from wearing her hijab, with her employers pointing to a no-hat policy, but was later granted a religious exemption. She claimed that she was verbally harassed multiple times for wearing her hijab, saying that human resources declined to do anything after she reported the repeated alleged harassment. Cross said she was fired six weeks after complaining to HR, after being involved in a collision with a cyclist while driving the bus. She alleges that both video evidence and a bicycle safety expert\u2019s testimony proved that the cyclist was at fault, but that she was fired regardless, and that one of the people who made the decision had previously harassed her about her hijab.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCross\u2019s termination was a stark departure from County Connection\u2019s disciplinary practices and its own policies,\u201d the petition to the Supreme Court reads. \u201cThis was Cross\u2019s first and only collision. Her driving record was clean, with no accidents or incidents. Yet she was fired immediately, without the progressive discipline that company policy required \u2014 warnings and retraining for a first collision within a twelve-month period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The transit authority defended the firing in lower courts by pointing to the police report that found Cross at fault for the collision, and it said the resistance to her wearing a hijab was due to officials seeking to enforce the employee dress code. A federal district court accepted that explanation and ruled in favor of the transit agency without oral arguments or a jury trial, and a federal appeals court affirmed that decision without oral arguments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cross\u2019s lawyers have asked the Supreme Court to look at whether the lower courts\u2019 use of the framework for determining summary judgment in Title VII discrimination cases, as set forth in 1973\u2019s <em>McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green<\/em>, was improper. 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