Daily Archives: 1, November 27, 2020

“It is time — past time — to make plain that, while the pandemic poses many grave challenges, there is no world in which the Constitution tolerates color-coded executive edicts that reopen liquor stores and bike shops but shutter churches, synagogues, and mosques,” Justice Neil M. Gorsuch

April 1 Statewide Stay-at-Home Order edict issued for Pennsylvania

Governor Tom Wolf to unveil color-coded plan to reopening … April 22, 2020

SCOTUS Ruling on Religious Services During COVID Lockdowns Removes Obstacle Named Chief Justice Roberts

Matt Vespa  @mvespa1 – Posted: Nov 26, 2020 1:45 AM

Alas, we have a victory for religious freedom in the COVID lockdown era. The Supreme Court recently ruled that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo illegally targeted churches in his COVID lockdown order—and Justice Amy Coney Barrett was the deciding vote. In the 5-4 decision, the Court ruled Cuomo’s edict violated First Amendment rights (via NYT):