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| DATE | 2020-11-26 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] a small amount of COVID-19 justice
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https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/11/26/us-supreme-court-backs-jewish-christian-groups-over-new-york-virus-curbs/
US Supreme Court Backs Jewish, Christian Groups Over New York Virus Curbs
by Reuters and Algemeiner Staff
2-3 minutes
The United States Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington,
DC. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
The US Supreme Court late on Wednesday backed Christian and Jewish
houses of worship challenging New York state’s latest restrictions in
novel coronavirus hot spots.
The court on a 5-4 vote granted requests made by the Roman Catholic
Diocese of Brooklyn and two Orthodox Jewish congregations.
The order marked one of the first consequential actions on the court of
President Donald Trump’s new appointee, conservative Justice Amy Coney
Barrett, who cast a deciding vote in favor of the religious groups.
Chief Justice John Roberts dissented along with the court’s three liberals.
An Oct. 6 decision by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo shut down
non-essential businesses in targeted areas where infections have spiked,
including some Brooklyn neighborhoods. It limited gatherings at
religious institutions to 10 people in some areas and 25 in others.
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The houses of worship say that the limits violated religious freedoms
protected by the US Constitution’s First Amendment, and that their
facilities were singled out for more stringent restrictions than
essential businesses, such as food stores. The Orthodox congregations
included Agudath Israel of Kew Garden Hills and Agudath Israel of
Madison, as well as nationwide Orthodox Jewish group Agudath Israel of
America.
A federal judge in Brooklyn rejected separate requests made by the
religious groups on Oct. 9. The New York-based 2nd US Circuit Court of
Appeals declined emergency requests filed by both sets of challengers on
Nov. 9.
In two previous cases this year, the court on 5-4 votes turned away
similar requests by churches in Nevada and California.
Those votes occurred before the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader
Ginsburg and saw her and her three liberal colleagues joined by Roberts
in the majority.
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