( January 7, 2025, 1:24 PM EST) -- PASADENA, Calif. — A former employee of a Jewish organization filed a motion on Jan. 6 for an extension of time to seek a rehearing after a split Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel agreed with the district court that the worker’s employment-related claims were barred by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution’s ministerial exception....