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A group of USDA employees and a union sue Secretary Brooke Rollins in the Northern District of California, alleging her emails promoting Christianity—most notably an Easter message—coerced staff and violated the First Amendment and the Administrative Procedure Act; they seek an injunction against further religious messaging and argue it clashes with USDA guidance on expressing religion at work.
A federal lawsuit in the Northern District of California claims Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has adopted a pattern of sending proselytizing religious messages to USDA’s roughly 90,000 employees, highlighted by an Easter note praising Jesus. The suit argues this government-endorsed messaging coerces employees, excludes non-Christians, and violates the First Amendment and the Administrative Procedure Act; it seeks to bar such religious communications and declare them unlawful, with backing from the National Federation of Federal Employees and allied groups.