Supreme Court, in rare late-night ruling, says California may enforce certain restrictions on religious gatherings

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... story.html

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. sided with the court’s liberal justices in response to an emergency petition brought by a church in California, which had argued the state’s pandemic-related restrictions violated constitutional protections for places of worship.

Roberts wrote that state officials such as California Gov. Gavin Newsom had leeway to impose restrictions to prevent the spread of coronavirus, and had not singled out places of worship for unfair treatment.
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Re: Supreme Court, in rare late-night ruling, says California may enforce certain restrictions on religious gatherings

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ustice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in dissent that the [CA] restriction “discriminates against places of worship and in favor of comparable secular businesses. Such discrimination violates the First Amendment.” Kavanaugh pointed to supermarkets, restaurants, hair salons, cannabis dispensaries and other businesses that are not subject to the same restrictions.
The court also rejected an appeal from two churches in the Chicago area that objected to Gov. Jay Pritzker’s limit of 10 worshipers at religious services. Before the court acted, Pritzker modified the restrictions to allow for up to 100 people at a time. There were no recorded dissents.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/supreme-cour ... h-liberals

Right decision, shame the CA decision fell along traditional ideological lines.
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts." - Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Re: Supreme Court, in rare late-night ruling, says California may enforce certain restrictions on religious gatherings

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CDFingers wrote: Sat May 30, 2020 8:52 am The Right is saying Roberts went "rogue" on this ruling.

Well, bless their hearts.

CDFingers
Yeah, I'm hypothesizing that there was a deal cut so only Roberts would take the heat, since he's taken it before and is the CJ, and the other four wouldn't have to and could posture for their base.

As "Mr. Dooley on Ivrything an' Ivrybody" put it over a 120 years ago "Th' Supreme Court follows th' election returns!"
"Even if the bee could explain to the fly why pollen is better than shit, the fly could never understand."

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