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The ruling issued by the Supreme Court on Thanksgiving eve, in a case pitting an Orthodox Jewish group and a Catholic diocese against New York’s governor, was unremarkable. What was remarkable were the remarks made by those who found it remarkable.
The 5–4 per curiam decision recognized that the state, in order to ensure public health, is entitled to limit capacity in churches and synagogues and even shutter them if necessary. It merely asked that authorities, in allowing for exceptions during a lockdown, apply the same standards to synagogues and churches that they do to bicycle shops, acupuncturists, and insurance offices. It is true that worshippers linger longer in a house of worship than shoppers do in some of these establishments, but the court found that the state had taken no notice of the fact that sanctuaries are often vast and can space masked men and women.
Fort Collins Coloradoan
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with an Ault church that sued Colorado Gov. Jared Polis over capacity limits imposed on in-person worship services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
High Plains Harvest Church Pastor Mark Hotaling argued it was unfair to restrict congregants while people could still crowd into big box stores that were considered essential businesses.
The ruling is in line with the Supreme Court s decision last month to overturn in-person limits following a lawsuit brought by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn. Lifting the occupancy cap doesn t mean you can cram the building full of people, said High Plains attorney Barry Arrington. It s still subject to social distancing.
12-16-2020
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled in favor of Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley and Calvary Chapel Lone Mountain in their lawsuits against Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak s worship bans.
As CBN News reported in July, the US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 against injunctive relief for the Nevada churches while the appeal was pending in the Ninth Circuit. However, now that the high court has ruled in favor of New York City synagogues and Roman Catholic churches in Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo and Agudath Israel v. Cuomo, that created the mandate to strike down the Nevada governor s orders.
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Fallout from the Supreme Court s Thanksgiving decision blocking New York governor Andrew Cuomo s (D.) worship restrictions is spreading nationwide, as the justices tee up similar orders in other blue states for a legal reckoning.
The High Court since Dec. 3 has invoked the Cuomo ruling to erase decisions favoring public health authorities over the faithful in California, Colorado, and New Jersey. In each case, the justices told a lower court to have a second look at the contested rules, then follow their lead in the New York case.
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