(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) There are several important facts to understand in connection with the Supreme Court Order handed down late on Friday in yet another case involving restrictions on religious freedom imposed by California’s COVID-19 protocols and restrictions. Before I get to the outcome, I want to highlight one passage from the order which I believe is a “marker” the majority is laying down for fights yet to come — fights for which a majority of the Court seems to be prepared to engage. Applicants are likely to succeed on the merits of their free exercise claim; they are irreparably harmed by the loss of free exercise rights “for even minimal periods of time…”