divided Supreme Court late Friday night blocked California from imposing an outright ban on indoor church services during the pandemic, but the justices kept in place for the time being capacity limits and a ban on singing and chanting.
In a decision with four separate interpretations, a majority of conservative justices ruled that while the court normally defers to elected officials on public health that Gov. Gavin’s Newsom’s outright ban on church gatherings defied the Constitution.
Little bit of good news, why ban on singing. Unconstituional.
The other day I read on the thread that SCOTUS refused to hear two appeals that the Trump admin. had brought to the court; IIRC they were immigration stuff. Just refused to hear them. I can’t remember the number of Justices required to vote to hear a case, maybe I’ll look it up. IIRC I think it’s only three required. Wrong - it’s four. So four of them couldn’t agree to hear those cases? SMH
https://www.freeadvice.com/legal/how-does-the-supreme-court-decide-to-hear-a-case/
How the Supreme Court decides to hear a case is based on the Rule of Four: at least four of the nine Justices of the Supreme Court must agree to hear the case by granting the Petition for Certiorari.