The 5 Towns Jewish Times
December 17, 2020
(JTA) For the second time in three weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court indicated that state governments may not restrict religious gatherings more strictly than secular ones due to the pandemic.
Responding to an appeal by a New Jersey priest and an Orthodox rabbi, the high court in a unanimous opinion instructed an appellate court to review their claim that the rules laid down by Gov. Phil Murphy on limiting religious gatherings to 150 people or 25% of a room’s capacity, whichever number is lower, constituted religious discrimination. The court ordered a similar challenge to the restrictions in Colorado.
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Texas filed the second challenge, asserting claims against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
Although the high court declined to accept the challenge, because Texas lacks standing to bring such a challenge against another state, other challenges remain.
Other challengers don’t have Texas’s problem with standing.
Texas’s complaint in effect blazes a trail of arguments not the only trail, mind you that others can raise in the high court.
Paragraph 7 succinctly explains some of the extensive evidence of election fraud in the four defendant states:
¯ “Dozens of witnesses testifying under oath about: the physical blocking and kicking out of Republican poll challengers; thousands of the same ballots run multiple times through tabulators; mysterious late night dumps of thousands of ballots at tabulation centers; illegally backdating thousands of ballots; signature verification procedures ignored; more than 173,000 ballots in the Wayne County, (Mich.,) cente
(Peter Byrne/PA Wire)
(CN) The Calvary Chapel Church in San Jose urged a federal judge Thursday afternoon to block California and Santa Clara County’s Covid-19 restrictions so that its congregants can continue gathering to worship.
U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman indicated in a hearing held via Zoom that she was unlikely to grant the request, although she acknowledged the tension between the right to worship and public health orders warranted such a hearing.
“I am inclined to deny the scope of the requested relief,” Labson Freeman said at the beginning of the hearing as she asked the plaintiffs to persuade her otherwise.
Supreme Court refuses to hear Kentucky lawsuit on religious schools, COVID-19 orders AG Daniel Cameron claimed Gov. Beshear s executive orders put in place due to COVID-19 are unconstitutional. (Source: WAVE 3 News) By Brian Planalp | December 17, 2020 at 5:39 PM EST - Updated December 17 at 6:14 PM
FRANKFORT, Ky. (FOX19) - A lawsuit challenging one of Gov. Andy Beshear’s orders on the grounds it unfairly burdens religious schools will not be heard by the Supreme Court.
The Court denied the application Thursday.
Attorney General Daniel Cameron joined the lawsuit, as he has several other suits challenging the governor’s pandemic orders, and was outspoken in his support of it.