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Supreme Court Blocks California’s Restrictions on In-home Religious Gatherings
The Epoch Times ^ | April 10, 2021 | Zachary Stieber

Posted on 04/10/2021 7:33:11 AM PDT by Yong

The court’s narrow 5–4 ruling was in favor of a group of Santa Clara residents who asserted the restrictions violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution.

“Applicants are likely to succeed on the merits of their free exercise claim; they are irreparably harmed by the loss of free exercise rights ‘for even minimal periods of time’; the State has not shown that ‘public health would be imperiled’ by employing less restrictive measures,” an unsigned opinion of the court’s majority said in its opinion.


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1 posted on 04/10/2021 7:33:11 AM PDT by Yong
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To: Yong

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3949400/posts


2 posted on 04/10/2021 7:36:11 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Tagline Under Review)
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To: Yong

5-4? I find that concerning. It should have been 9-0.


3 posted on 04/10/2021 7:37:41 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Yong

Surprise, surprise! Roberts sided with the three leftist judges, Kagan, Breyer, and Sotomeyer.


4 posted on 04/10/2021 7:40:36 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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To: marktwain

“....Surprise, surprise! Roberts sided with the three leftist judges, Kagan, Breyer, and Sotomeyer.....”

Not really a surprise.
Benedict Roberts was wholeheartedly and completely bought and paid for at Epstein’s Island.
He will do exactly as he is told or else it will all be revealed.....or worse; he could possibly end up like Scalia.
That’s why Schumer had no fear in threatening the SCOTUS...he knew they had em “under control”.


5 posted on 04/10/2021 7:44:55 AM PDT by lgjhn23 (Pray for America....)
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To: Yong

The goal was to restrict Christianity. The excuse was the pandemic. They’re taking full advantage of the fright that they engendered by telling us that 2 million would die.


6 posted on 04/10/2021 7:47:55 AM PDT by I want the USA back (I fear my government many times more than I fear the chinese kungfu virus.)
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To: Leaning Right

You’re kidding, right? The Wise Latina, Kagan, Breyer, and Benedict Roberts.


7 posted on 04/10/2021 7:59:42 AM PDT by sauropod (Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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Mark Levin has said that John Roberts doesn’t believe in religious liberty.


8 posted on 04/10/2021 8:09:20 AM PDT by TakebackGOP
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To: Yong

And may you never blog in vain
And in my heart, you will remain
Forever Yong
Forever Yong
Forever Yong
For, forever Yong

Now stop spamming and donate something, dammit!

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9 posted on 04/10/2021 8:10:48 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: sauropod

> The Wise Latina, Kagan, Breyer, and Benedict Roberts. <

So those were the four statists. (True to Free Republic tradition, I didn’t read the article before commenting.)

And I’m not surprised to see Roberts on that list - yet another “gift” to the country from George W. Bush.


10 posted on 04/10/2021 8:18:41 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Yong
It shouldn't be a narrow win.

If you can have football stadiums with thousands, how can you shut down a church with a few.

11 posted on 04/10/2021 9:04:24 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

If you can have football stadiums with thousands...


Can you? In California? I’m just asking. There can also be a difference between outdoor and indoor activities.


12 posted on 04/10/2021 9:20:13 AM PDT by Czech_Occidentalist
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To: Sacajaweau

By the way, I don’t disagree with the decision.


13 posted on 04/10/2021 9:23:21 AM PDT by Czech_Occidentalist
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To: Yong
From the decision:

"This is the fifth time the Court has summarily rejected the Ninth Circuit’s analysis of California’s COVID restrictions on religious exercise."

14 posted on 04/10/2021 9:34:40 AM PDT by Mr Rogers
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To: Yong

The decision:

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20a151_4g15.pdf


15 posted on 04/10/2021 10:19:26 AM PDT by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: Mr Rogers
"This is the fifth time the Court has summarily rejected the Ninth Circuit’s analysis of California’s COVID restrictions on religious exercise."

When the Supreme Court rules to the left, it's considered the Law of the Land. When it rules to the right, it's ignored.

16 posted on 04/10/2021 10:20:47 AM PDT by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: Larry Lucido

I don’t know who Yong is but how is this spamming? I appreciate the news very much.


17 posted on 04/10/2021 10:42:02 AM PDT by Persevero (I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen )
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To: Leaning Right
"5-4? I find that concerning. It should have been 9-0."

Nothing surprises me with this court. They can't be trusted to do the right thing on the 2nd Amendment.

18 posted on 04/10/2021 12:03:44 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Persevero

I don’t know if it spamming as such. But Yong post 2 or 3 articles
from the same website most days. I suspect it is an attempt to get
more readers/hits to their site. Doesn’t comment or join in any
discussion about the article posted.

Yong has been here since Since Feb 14, 2021 and this is the routine.


19 posted on 04/10/2021 12:08:37 PM PDT by deport ( )
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