SCOTUS Rules Against Cuomo's 10 Person Cap at Churches/Synagogues

[JusticeHammer]

SCOTUS RULES AGAINST CUOMO’S 10 PERSON CAP AT CHURCHES/SYNAGOUGES. “Even in a pandemic, the Constitution cannot be put away and forgotten.”

The regulations cannot be viewed as neutral because they single out houses of worship for especially harsh treatment.1 In a red zone, while a synagogue or church may not admit more than 10 persons, businesses categorized as “essential” may admit as many people as they wish. And the list of “essential” businesses includes things such as acupuncture facilities, campgrounds, garages, as well as many whose services are not limited to those that can be regarded as essential, such as all plants manufacturing chemicals and microelectronics and all transportation facilities.

The disparate treatment is even more striking in an orange zone. While attendance at houses of worship is limited to 25 persons, even non-essential businesses may decide for themselves how many persons to admit. These categorizations lead to troubling results. At the hearing in the District Court, a health department official testified about a large store in Brooklyn that could “literally have hundreds of people shopping there on any given day.” Yet a nearby church or synagogue would be prohibited from allowing more than 10 or 25 people inside for a worship service. And the Governor has stated that factories and schools have contributed to the spread of COVID–19, but they are treated less harshly than the Diocese’s churches and Agudath Israel’s synagogues, which have admirable safety records.

Because the challenged restrictions are not “neutral” and of “general applicability,” they must satisfy “strict scrutiny,” and this means that they must be “narrowly tailored” to serve a “compelling” state interest.

Stemming the spread of COVID–19 is unquestionably a compelling interest, but it is hard to see how the challenged regulations can be regarded as “narrowly tailored.” They are far more restrictive than any COVID–related regulations that have previously come before the Court, much tighter than those adopted by many other jurisdictions hard-hit by the pandemic, and far more severe than has been shown to be required to prevent the spread of the virus at the applicants’ services. The District Court noted that “there ha[d] not been any COVID–19 outbreak in any of the Diocese’s churches since they reopened,” and it praised the Diocese’s record in combatting the spread of the disease. It found that the Diocese had been constantly “ahead of the curve, enforcing stricter safety protocols than the State required.” Similarly, Agudath Israel notes that “[t]he Governor does not dispute that [it] has rigorously implemented and adhered to all health protocols and that there has been no outbreak of COVID–19 in [its] congregations.”

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20a87_4g15.pdf

AMY!

What we have is a Christian Taliban who put churches above the law. None of this is true. Clearly they are legislatting from the bench. The Constitution does recognize emergencies and as it does when it allows a President to suspend habeas corpus.

Go blow commie.

 

[DJT for Life]

What we have is a Christian Taliban who put churches above the law

What we have are godless libs in positions of power who hate Christians and practicing religious Jews

You clearly have no clue what you are talking about. You are a piece of shit that thinks that anyone who disagrees with you is godless. Protecting people's lives is more important. Jesus said to give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's. You honor God by living your life by God's word. Going to church does not show any commitment to God.

How can he be clueless when you do not know what happened.

Cuomo and NY State played politics.with this and at the last moment attempted to withdraw their case
because they knew all along that they were beat. The SCOTUS would not allow them to withdraw their
case. They forced them to defend their poistion to allow the Court to set precedent. None of this was only about religion
it was about the equal protection clause. Quite simply Governors cannot pick winners. You order one place close
then all places close. You close a movie theater then you close a Grocery Store. You close a gym, then you close a drug
store.

This virus has a group of people that are at a very high risk of death. The obligation is to protect those people by
explaining the risks to them. From that point the choice is theirs.

Dems were caught playing politics and SCOTUS has now announced that they are not going to allow games to be
played with the constitution. Nobody is ordering you to leave your home. If you wish to remain at home, lying under the
bed in the fetal position, then do it, nobody is stopping you. At the same, nobody is gonna tell me when I can leave my
home. Nobody can tell me who I can invite to my house. In this country nobody has that right.

If I go to a grocery store and they have a sign that I must wear a mask...that is a private business, and I must adhere
to their rules if I need to enter their establishment. If I am not wearing a mask walking down the street, then keep
away from me and do not engage in conversation with me. America is a land of choices and we all get to establish
our own choices.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

SCOTUS RULES AGAINST CUOMO’S 10 PERSON CAP AT CHURCHES/SYNAGOUGES. “Even in a pandemic, the Constitution cannot be put away and forgotten.”

The regulations cannot be viewed as neutral because they single out houses of worship for especially harsh treatment.1 In a red zone, while a synagogue or church may not admit more than 10 persons, businesses categorized as “essential” may admit as many people as they wish. And the list of “essential” businesses includes things such as acupuncture facilities, campgrounds, garages, as well as many whose services are not limited to those that can be regarded as essential, such as all plants manufacturing chemicals and microelectronics and all transportation facilities.

The disparate treatment is even more striking in an orange zone. While attendance at houses of worship is limited to 25 persons, even non-essential businesses may decide for themselves how many persons to admit. These categorizations lead to troubling results. At the hearing in the District Court, a health department official testified about a large store in Brooklyn that could “literally have hundreds of people shopping there on any given day.” Yet a nearby church or synagogue would be prohibited from allowing more than 10 or 25 people inside for a worship service. And the Governor has stated that factories and schools have contributed to the spread of COVID–19, but they are treated less harshly than the Diocese’s churches and Agudath Israel’s synagogues, which have admirable safety records.

Because the challenged restrictions are not “neutral” and of “general applicability,” they must satisfy “strict scrutiny,” and this means that they must be “narrowly tailored” to serve a “compelling” state interest.

Stemming the spread of COVID–19 is unquestionably a compelling interest, but it is hard to see how the challenged regulations can be regarded as “narrowly tailored.” They are far more restrictive than any COVID–related regulations that have previously come before the Court, much tighter than those adopted by many other jurisdictions hard-hit by the pandemic, and far more severe than has been shown to be required to prevent the spread of the virus at the applicants’ services. The District Court noted that “there ha[d] not been any COVID–19 outbreak in any of the Diocese’s churches since they reopened,” and it praised the Diocese’s record in combatting the spread of the disease. It found that the Diocese had been constantly “ahead of the curve, enforcing stricter safety protocols than the State required.” Similarly, Agudath Israel notes that “[t]he Governor does not dispute that [it] has rigorously implemented and adhered to all health protocols and that there has been no outbreak of COVID–19 in [its] congregations.”

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20a87_4g15.pdf

AMY!

What we have is a Christian Taliban who put churches above the law. None of this is true. Clearly they are legislatting from the bench. The Constitution does recognize emergencies and as it does when it allows a President to suspend habeas corpus.

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

There is no ******* pandemic, you ******* moron.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

What we have is a Christian Taliban who put churches above the law.

It seems pretty clear ...

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."

Memorize it.

No one is preventing any worship. Only the form of it is being regulated. Churches have become super spreaders of the coronavirus.

Moron..........

No one is preventing freedom of the press when only the government is allowed to operate news agencies, just the form of it is being regulated.....

Do you see how stupid your point is?

Your point is stupid. No one is preventing on-line worship so no one is banning freedom of religion.

Your point is meaningless and misses the core issue.

You can't limit people in churches more than what you limit in stores.

What par

SCOTUS RULES AGAINST CUOMO’S 10 PERSON CAP AT CHURCHES/SYNAGOUGES. “Even in a pandemic, the Constitution cannot be put away and forgotten.”

The regulations cannot be viewed as neutral because they single out houses of worship for especially harsh treatment.1 In a red zone, while a synagogue or church may not admit more than 10 persons, businesses categorized as “essential” may admit as many people as they wish. And the list of “essential” businesses includes things such as acupuncture facilities, campgrounds, garages, as well as many whose services are not limited to those that can be regarded as essential, such as all plants manufacturing chemicals and microelectronics and all transportation facilities.

The disparate treatment is even more striking in an orange zone. While attendance at houses of worship is limited to 25 persons, even non-essential businesses may decide for themselves how many persons to admit. These categorizations lead to troubling results. At the hearing in the District Court, a health department official testified about a large store in Brooklyn that could “literally have hundreds of people shopping there on any given day.” Yet a nearby church or synagogue would be prohibited from allowing more than 10 or 25 people inside for a worship service. And the Governor has stated that factories and schools have contributed to the spread of COVID–19, but they are treated less harshly than the Diocese’s churches and Agudath Israel’s synagogues, which have admirable safety records.

Because the challenged restrictions are not “neutral” and of “general applicability,” they must satisfy “strict scrutiny,” and this means that they must be “narrowly tailored” to serve a “compelling” state interest.

Stemming the spread of COVID–19 is unquestionably a compelling interest, but it is hard to see how the challenged regulations can be regarded as “narrowly tailored.” They are far more restrictive than any COVID–related regulations that have previously come before the Court, much tighter than those adopted by many other jurisdictions hard-hit by the pandemic, and far more severe than has been shown to be required to prevent the spread of the virus at the applicants’ services. The District Court noted that “there ha[d] not been any COVID–19 outbreak in any of the Diocese’s churches since they reopened,” and it praised the Diocese’s record in combatting the spread of the disease. It found that the Diocese had been constantly “ahead of the curve, enforcing stricter safety protocols than the State required.” Similarly, Agudath Israel notes that “[t]he Governor does not dispute that [it] has rigorously implemented and adhered to all health protocols and that there has been no outbreak of COVID–19 in [its] congregations.”

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20a87_4g15.pdf

AMY!

What we have is a Christian Taliban who put churches above the law. None of this is true. Clearly they are legislatting from the bench. The Constitution does recognize emergencies and as it does when it allows a President to suspend habeas corpus.

Just as President Obama said, these troglodytes will bitterly cling to their "sky daddy" like snowflakes rather than use theri brains. Religion is one of the silly old traditions of mankind that we need to eradicate if we are ever going to find have true progress.

Please keep trying.

We look forward to meeting your ass in the street.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

So Barrett and the ultra right wingers ruled in favor of the virus.

wonderful

 

[Zorro!]

So Barrett and the ultra right wingers ruled in favor of the virus.

wonderful

Fake News. The Supreme Court ruled in favor equality under the law and the First Amendment.

Cuomo arbitrarily decided that liquor stores and acupuncture clinics are “essential” services while churches are not, the left has returned to its logic in Korematsu, because for the left, government power is more important than civil rights. You could easily re-write the Korematsu opinion almost word-for-word, merely swapping out “health experts” in place of “military command” and “potential COVID spreaders” in place of “Japanese,” and present a ruling that coincides with the left’s view today.

 

[jknowgood]

It's all but impossible to stop the spread of a once-in-a-lifetime, highly contagious, deadly virus when around 30% of your population doesn't even believe it's real.

So, in a free society like ours, many lives are simply going to be sacrificed and destroyed at the altar of pure, raw, arrogant ignorance.

"Altar", pun intended.

It's not a deadly disease, only in your head. It has over a 99% survival rate.

 

[fncceo]

It's all but impossible to stop the spread of a once-in-a-lifetime, highly contagious, deadly virus

Good thing that's not what we're facing.

 

[pknopp]

What we have is a Christian Taliban who put churches above the law

What we have are godless libs in positions of power who hate Christians and practicing religious Jews

You clearly have no clue what you are talking about. You are a piece of shit that thinks that anyone who disagrees with you is godless. Protecting people's lives is more important. Jesus said to give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's. You honor God by living your life by God's word. Going to church does not show any commitment to God.

How can he be clueless when you do not know what happened.

Cuomo and NY State played politics.with this and at the last moment attempted to withdraw their case
because they knew all along that they were beat. The SCOTUS would not allow them to withdraw their
case. They forced them to defend their poistion to allow the Court to set precedent. None of this was only about religion
it was about the equal protection clause. Quite simply Governors cannot pick winners. You order one place close
then all places close. You close a movie theater then you close a Grocery Store. You close a gym, then you close a drug
store.

This virus has a group of people that are at a very high risk of death. The obligation is to protect those people by
explaining the risks to them. From that point the choice is theirs.

Dems were caught playing politics and SCOTUS has now announced that they are not going to allow games to be
played with the constitution. Nobody is ordering you to leave your home. If you wish to remain at home, lying under the
bed in the fetal position, then do it, nobody is stopping you. At the same, nobody is gonna tell me when I can leave my
home. Nobody can tell me who I can invite to my house. In this country nobody has that right.

If I go to a grocery store and they have a sign that I must wear a mask...that is a private business, and I must adhere
to their rules if I need to enter their establishment. If I am not wearing a mask walking down the street, then keep
away from me and do not engage in conversation with me. America is a land of choices and we all get to establish
our own choices.

Republicans have done the same things.

 

[pknopp]

Cuomo doesn't seem to be able to grasp what this ruling does. When I note this it doesn't mean I support it all. It simply means I am noting what is going to happen. Those who for whatever reason want to throw all caution to the wind will now feel empowered to buck any rules.

Cuomo really has his hands tied now despite saying this ruling doesn't really mean much. He can no longer impose rules on some while ignoring others and if he tries people will simply ignore them. If he tries to do it the legal way, he loses.

Supreme Court ruling doesn’t have 'any practical effect,' Cuomo says

This one is tough for me because as I said, our church voluntarily shut down. I hate that people have so little concern for others.

On the other hand I despise an unfair authoritarian government.

 

[badger2]

Maintaining the protection-racket fairy tales of religion have traditionally required many bodies in proximity to one another, because if they’re left to themselves, what arises is the spectre of having a thought of their own. “Look at me when I’m talking to you.”

 

[JimBowie1958]

What we have is a Christian Taliban who put churches above the law. None of this is true. Clearly they are legislatting from the bench. The Constitution does recognize emergencies and as it does when it allows a President to suspend habeas corpus.

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
There is no ******* pandemic, you ******* moron.

Pandemics are diseases with at least a 5% mortality rate and are in several different continents.

COVID19 is no longer a pandemic, but it suits Marxist goals of controling the population through an unending emergency pandemic declaration, so it must continue, no matter how many die.

 

[JimBowie1958]

Maintaining the protection-racket fairy tales of religion....

It is comforting to know that the Marxists have so many smooth brained atheists on their team.

 

[Nostra]

ACB made the difference. Of course turn coat Roberts sided with the socialists.

In a 5-4 ruling, Supreme Court sides with religious groups in a dispute over Covid-19 restrictions in New York

In a 5-4 ruling, the US Supreme Court sided with religious organizations in a dispute over Covid-19 restrictions put in place by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo limiting the number of people attending religious services.

www.cnn.com

Poor statists. They’ll have to “pack” the Supreme Court if they want to get their way now.

Why do they want to murder religious people?

Why does Cuomo want to murder people at other gatherings?
The case proves that the rules were different for religious gatherings versus non-religious gatherings and businesses.

Where does cuomo try to murder people at other gatherings?

He did a bang up job in old folks homes.....

He followed federal guidelines on dealing with overflowing hospitals. Too bad there wasn't a pandemic response team to correct things on the fly.

Who's fault was that?

There were plenty of hospital beds. And federal guidelines said nothing about forcing Kung Flu infected people into nursing homes, Dummy.

You are incorrect.

This is not unusual for you.

You are stupid, a liar, or both. My money is on both Crepitus

It is too easy to prove you are both.............


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[Nostra]

ACB made the difference. Of course turn coat Roberts sided with the socialists.

In a 5-4 ruling, Supreme Court sides with religious groups in a dispute over Covid-19 restrictions in New York

In a 5-4 ruling, the US Supreme Court sided with religious organizations in a dispute over Covid-19 restrictions put in place by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo limiting the number of people attending religious services.

www.cnn.com

Poor statists. They’ll have to “pack” the Supreme Court if they want to get their way now.

Why do they want to murder religious people?

Why does Cuomo want to murder people at other gatherings?
The case proves that the rules were different for religious gatherings versus non-religious gatherings and businesses.

Where does cuomo try to murder people at other gatherings?

He did a bang up job in old folks homes.....

He followed federal guidelines on dealing with overflowing hospitals. Too bad there wasn't a pandemic response team to correct things on the fly.

Who's fault was that?

You mean the same meathead who barely used hospital ship in New York Harbor Trump sent him months ago?

New York enjoyed the second highest per capita death rate in the world this year....

Your ignorance continues.....

The hospital ship that was under orders not to admit covid patients?

They did take covid patients.

And Cuomo cold have freed up thousands of hospital beds by sending non-covid patients to the ship and Javitz Center Hospital Trump built. Instead he sent covid infected people into nursing homes to kill thousands..............while thousands of beds sat emtpy Crepitus

 

[CowboyTed]

What we have is a Christian Taliban who put churches above the law

What we have are godless libs in positions of power who hate Christians and practicing religious Jews

I will say in Europe... Clergy have been very supportive and move everything on line...
Mass on Facebook
Confession on Zoom
Individual family visits

The attitude is that you don't put your neighbour at risk, love your neighbour as yourself. Actually the church has taken a very important place during European lockdowns...

To ignore the best scientific advise to attend church would be considered unchristian..

 

[Mac-7]

What we have is a Christian Taliban who put churches above the law

What we have are godless libs in positions of power who hate Christians and practicing religious Jews

I will say in Europe... Clergy have been very supportive and move everything on line...
Mass on Facebook
Confession on Zoom
Individual family visits

The attitude is that you don't put your neighbour at risk, love your neighbour as yourself. Actually the church has taken a very important place during European lockdowns...

To ignore the best scientific advise to attend church would be considered unchristian..

i have two thoughts

one is that what goes on in europe does not translate to America

and two, unless there is a complete lockdown that prohibits citizens from gathering anywhere for any reason then you are singling out Christians and Jews

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

SCOTUS RULES AGAINST CUOMO’S 10 PERSON CAP AT CHURCHES/SYNAGOUGES. “Even in a pandemic, the Constitution cannot be put away and forgotten.”

The regulations cannot be viewed as neutral because they single out houses of worship for especially harsh treatment.1 In a red zone, while a synagogue or church may not admit more than 10 persons, businesses categorized as “essential” may admit as many people as they wish. And the list of “essential” businesses includes things such as acupuncture facilities, campgrounds, garages, as well as many whose services are not limited to those that can be regarded as essential, such as all plants manufacturing chemicals and microelectronics and all transportation facilities.

The disparate treatment is even more striking in an orange zone. While attendance at houses of worship is limited to 25 persons, even non-essential businesses may decide for themselves how many persons to admit. These categorizations lead to troubling results. At the hearing in the District Court, a health department official testified about a large store in Brooklyn that could “literally have hundreds of people shopping there on any given day.” Yet a nearby church or synagogue would be prohibited from allowing more than 10 or 25 people inside for a worship service. And the Governor has stated that factories and schools have contributed to the spread of COVID–19, but they are treated less harshly than the Diocese’s churches and Agudath Israel’s synagogues, which have admirable safety records.

Because the challenged restrictions are not “neutral” and of “general applicability,” they must satisfy “strict scrutiny,” and this means that they must be “narrowly tailored” to serve a “compelling” state interest.

Stemming the spread of COVID–19 is unquestionably a compelling interest, but it is hard to see how the challenged regulations can be regarded as “narrowly tailored.” They are far more restrictive than any COVID–related regulations that have previously come before the Court, much tighter than those adopted by many other jurisdictions hard-hit by the pandemic, and far more severe than has been shown to be required to prevent the spread of the virus at the applicants’ services. The District Court noted that “there ha[d] not been any COVID–19 outbreak in any of the Diocese’s churches since they reopened,” and it praised the Diocese’s record in combatting the spread of the disease. It found that the Diocese had been constantly “ahead of the curve, enforcing stricter safety protocols than the State required.” Similarly, Agudath Israel notes that “[t]he Governor does not dispute that [it] has rigorously implemented and adhered to all health protocols and that there has been no outbreak of COVID–19 in [its] congregations.”

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20a87_4g15.pdf

AMY!

What we have is a Christian Taliban who put churches above the law. None of this is true. Clearly they are legislatting from the bench. The Constitution does recognize emergencies and as it does when it allows a President to suspend habeas corpus.

Maybe read the First Amendment

She also needs to learn the difference between a governors edict and an actual law lol

 

[Crepitus]

ACB made the difference. Of course turn coat Roberts sided with the socialists.

In a 5-4 ruling, Supreme Court sides with religious groups in a dispute over Covid-19 restrictions in New York

In a 5-4 ruling, the US Supreme Court sided with religious organizations in a dispute over Covid-19 restrictions put in place by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo limiting the number of people attending religious services.

www.cnn.com

Poor statists. They’ll have to “pack” the Supreme Court if they want to get their way now.

Why do they want to murder religious people?

Why does Cuomo want to murder people at other gatherings?
The case proves that the rules were different for religious gatherings versus non-religious gatherings and businesses.

Where does cuomo try to murder people at other gatherings?

He did a bang up job in old folks homes.....

He followed federal guidelines on dealing with overflowing hospitals. Too bad there wasn't a pandemic response team to correct things on the fly.

Who's fault was that?

There were plenty of hospital beds. And federal guidelines said nothing about forcing Kung Flu infected people into nursing homes, Dummy.

You are incorrect.

This is not unusual for you.

You are stupid, a liar, or both. My money is on both Crepitus

It is too easy to prove you are both.............


Why USNS Comfort, Javits Center are mostly empty as coronavirus strains New York ERs

Why USNS Comfort, Javits Center are mostly empty as coronavirus strains New York ERs

The USNS Comfort and the Javits Center field hospital remain practically empty of COVID-19 patients as both Department of Defense-run facilities strictly manage intake while getting up to speed &#8…

nypost.com

.

You are still incorrect. It seem to be your normal state of being.

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

ACB made the difference. Of course turn coat Roberts sided with the socialists.

In a 5-4 ruling, Supreme Court sides with religious groups in a dispute over Covid-19 restrictions in New York

In a 5-4 ruling, the US Supreme Court sided with religious organizations in a dispute over Covid-19 restrictions put in place by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo limiting the number of people attending religious services.

www.cnn.com

Poor statists. They’ll have to “pack” the Supreme Court if they want to get their way now.

Why do they want to murder religious people?

Why does Cuomo want to murder people at other gatherings?
The case proves that the rules were different for religious gatherings versus non-religious gatherings and businesses.

Where does cuomo try to murder people at other gatherings?

He did a bang up job in old folks homes.....

He followed federal guidelines on dealing with overflowing hospitals. Too bad there wasn't a pandemic response team to correct things on the fly.

Who's fault was that?

There were plenty of hospital beds. And federal guidelines said nothing about forcing Kung Flu infected people into nursing homes, Dummy.

You are incorrect.

This is not unusual for you.

You are stupid, a liar, or both. My money is on both Crepitus

It is too easy to prove you are both.............


Why USNS Comfort, Javits Center are mostly empty as coronavirus strains New York ERs

Why USNS Comfort, Javits Center are mostly empty as coronavirus strains New York ERs

The USNS Comfort and the Javits Center field hospital remain practically empty of COVID-19 patients as both Department of Defense-run facilities strictly manage intake while getting up to speed &#8…

nypost.com

.

You are still incorrect. It seem to be your normal state of being.

The new normal of progressive slave thinking. Well not really, this prog slave thinking has been going on, since i have been around at least.