California has already, however, announced significant changes loosening restrictions on gatherings that go into effect April 15. The changes come after infection rates have gone down in the state.
The case before the justices involved California rules that in most of the state limit indoor social gatherings to no more than three households. Attendees are required to wear masks and physically distance from one another. Different restrictions apply to places including schools, grocery stores and churches. California treats some comparable secular activities more favorably than at-home religious exercise, allowing hair salons, retail stores, and movie theaters, among other places, to bring together more than three households at a time, the unsigned order from the court said. A lower court “did not conclude that those activities pose a lesser risk of transmission than applicants’ proposed religious exercise at home, it said.
By Jessica MasonApr 6th, 2021, 1:27 pm
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is in the news today for firing a warning shot in an ongoing battle over if the government can regulate social media. The salvo came in a concurrence opinion in which no other justices joined, written by Thomas, in a decision dismissing a case as moot. The case had to do with if it was a violation of free speech for President Trump to block people on Twitter. What Thomas said at first seems good: that social media is basically like a public utility. But the underlying implication of the opinion is not good news for free speech.
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November 10, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks with supporters at a community event at Sun City MacDonald Ranch in Henderson, Nevada, in February 2020. (Photo: By Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America - Joe Biden, CC BY-SA 2.0)
The American public has had its say and for the first time in a generation denied a sitting president a second term.
President Donald Trump’s tenure lasted just four years, but in that time he dragged policy on an array of key issues in a dramatic new direction.
Three scholars discuss what a Biden presidency may have in store in three key areas: race, the Supreme Court and foreign policy.