( August 4, 2026, 3:01 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Fulton Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office in Georgia in an Aug. 3 response brief urges the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel’s ruling that an unpleaded affirmative defense that a former employee’s Title VII pregnancy discrimination claim was barred because the employee was “personal staff to an elected official” and exempt from definition of “employee” could be raised at summary judgment and that the employee was not prejudiced by the late-raised defense....