Pennsylvania Agency’s BLM Mask Ban for Workers Properly Blocked

A Pennsylvania transit agency’s policy prohibiting political and social adornments on employee uniforms that was updated to include Black Lives Matter messaging is likely unconstitutional and a lower court properly blocked its application against BLM supporters, the Third Circuit ruled Wednesday.

A subsequent policy revision by the Allegheny County Port Authority, which limited employees to wearing certain masks to allegedly make it easier for them to comply with the BLM messaging ban, also is likely unconstitutional and its enforcement was properly enjoined, the court said.

The agency, as a governmental entity, failed to meet its burden of showing each version ...