Cuomo’s decree, which restricted church services, has been struck down by the Supreme Court.
As has been the case lately, Chief Justice John Roberts (Globalist George W. Bush appointee) sided with the Court’s three liberal justices. Trump appointee Justice Amy Coney Barrett voted in the majority. Thank goodness the battle for her appointment was fought and won.
The justices acted on an emergency basis while lawsuits challenging the restrictions continued. In an unsigned order, a majority of the court said the restrictions “single out houses of worship for especially harsh treatment.”
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court temporarily barred New York from enforcing limits on attendance at houses of worship. Earlier this year, with liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the court, the justices divided 5-4 to allow pandemic-related restrictions affecting churches in California and Nevada.
The Roman Catholic Church and Orthodox Jewish synagogues had sued to challenge state restrictions announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The ruling was released just before midnight on Thanksgiving eve. The court noted “even in a pandemic, the Constitution cannot be put away and forgotten.”
The majority of the Justices agreed that the “pandemic alone cannot justify overbroad, untailored closure orders of indefinite duration directed at all houses of worship, that in another time would plainly be found to violate the Constitution.”
Thank you President Trump, for showing the Republican Party how to fight back, thus pushing through vital SCOTUS appointments.