On Thursday, August 20, 2020, the City of Iowa City and Mayor Bruce Teague joined more than 160 other mayors, cities, and other local governments as well as the U.S. Conference of Mayors in asking the Supreme Court to rule in favor of upholding nondiscrimination requirements regulating government contractors and taxpayer-funded agencies.
The amicus (friend of the court) brief supports the City of Philadelphia in Fulton v Philadelphia. The case considers whether a foster care agency may override the city of Philadelphia's contractual nondiscrimination requirement and turn away LGBTQ...