In an unsigned opinion, the majority said the governor's restrictions, imposed to combat the spread of the coronavirus, violated the First Amendment's protections for the free exercise of religion."Justices of this Court play a deadly game in second-guessing the expert judgment of health officials about the environments in which a contagious virus, now infecting a million Americans each week, spreads most easily," Justice Sonya Sotomayor wrote in her dissent.
The strict limits came in response to rapidly rising coronavirus cases in Orthodox Jewish ares but the measures included all"houses of worships."Cuomo also imposed a shutdown of schools and nonessential businesses in parts of New York City's Brooklyn and Queens boroughs, which have sizable populations of Orthodox Jewish residents.
Roberts and the then-four-member liberal wing of the court allowed the states' governors to restrict attendance at religious services in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Pardon an all WHITE turkey. So tRump
Of course he does
Insanity. More will die unnecessarily
For that one time he went to church virtually and the other when he tear gassed protesters to walk there and stand outside?
Trump’s mind is gone.
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