on the First Amendment rights of government employees, specifically including both military and police uniform standards,” the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit determined the City’s uniform standards were proper and the City was unable to reasonably accommodate the officer’s religious needs without undue hardship. Id. at 503. Other courts have recognized the interests of a governmental entity in maintaining the appearance of neutrality. See, e.g., Rodriguez v. City of Chicago, 156 F.3d 771, 779 (7th Cir.1998) (Posner, C.J., concurring) (“The importance of public confidence in the neutrality of its protectors is so great that a police department or a fire department ... should be able to plead ‘undue hardship’.... ”); Paulos v. Breier, 507 F.2d 1383, 1386 (7th Cir.1974) (<HOLDING>); see also United States Civil Serv. Comm’n v.
recognizing that the purpose of abortion laws in the late 19th and early 20th centuries did focus on the states interest in protecting the womans health rather than in preserving the embryo and fetus recognizing that the state has a compelling interest in preserving judicial impartiality and the appearance of impartiality defined in white as a lack of bias for or against either party to a proceeding recognizing virginias interest in protecting defendants from claims and in holding down insurance costs recognizing minnesotas interest in protecting the interests of the child recognizing and protecting the interest of municipality in preserving nonpartisan police force and appearance thereof