MMC (11-26-2020)
Liberty rules over safety.
Amy Coney Barrett Plays Decisive Role As Supreme Court Bars New York COVID Restrictions on Religious Services
...The Roman Catholic Church and Orthodox Jewish synagogues in the Brooklyn and Queens borough of New York City had sued to challenge attendance limits at houses of worship in areas that were harder hit by the virus.
Attendance was capped at 10 and 25 people for red and orange zones, respectively. However, the ruling won't have an immediate impact as the two groups are in areas now designated as yellow zones, where houses of worship can hold services at 50 percent of their maximum occupancy.
The Supreme Court voted 5 to 4 to bar the enforcement of the measures, with the court's newest member Barrett casting a deciding vote. Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. and the court's three liberal justices dissented.
The decision was at odds with rulings about capacity limits at churches in California and Nevada earlier this year.
In those cases, decided when Barrett's predecessor, the liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, was on the court, the justices voted 5-4 to leave in place restrictions the governor imposed on religious services....
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ― Gustav Mahler
Thanks, reported...
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ― Gustav Mahler
Roberts seems to side with the liberals quite often.
When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.“ - Benjamin Franklin.
“When people get used to preferential treatment equal treatment seems like discrimination.” - Thomas Sowell
HawkTheSlayer (11-26-2020),Perianne (11-26-2020)
He certainly seems to side with the government.
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ― Gustav Mahler
We need the Supreme Court to strike down all of these decrees violating the 1st Amendment.
MisterVeritis (11-26-2020)