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| Topic | Supreme Court allows restrictions on attendance at church services amid COVID-19 |
| hockeybub89 05/30/20 2:15:07 PM #1: | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-allows-restrictions-on-attendance-at-church-services-amid-coronavirus/ A divided Supreme Court on Friday refused to block California restrictions that limit attendance at church services. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the four liberals in allowing the restrictions, which impose a 25% occupancy cap or 100-person maximum, to stay in place. Roberts emphasized the urgent and evolving nature of the coronavirus pandemic gives officials great leeway to protect citizens a task unelected judges are ill equipped to handle. "Where those broad limits are not exceeded, they should not be subject to second-guessing by an unelected federal judiciary, which lacks the background, competence, and expertise to assess public health and is not accountable to the people," Roberts wrote in a separate concurrence. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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