Roberts is such an ass. “
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Mark Sherman, Associated Press Updated 1:27 am PDT, Saturday, May 30, 2020
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The rising sun shines over the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday morning, May 11, 2020. Photo: Mark Sherman, AP / AP
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The rising sun shines over the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday morning, May 11, 2020.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal by a California church that challenged state limits on attendance at worship services that have been imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Over the dissent of the four more conservative justices, Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court’s four liberals in turning away a request from the South Bay United Pentecostal Church in Chula Vista, California, in the San Diego area.
The church argued that limits on how many people can attend their services violate constitutional guarantees of religious freedom and had been seeking an order in time for services on Sunday. The church said it has crowds of 200 to 300 people for its services.
Roberts wrote in brief opinion that the restriction allowing churches to reopen at 25% of their capacity, with no more than 100 worshipers at a time, “appear consistent” with the First Amendment. Roberts said similar or more severe limits apply to concerts, movies and sporting events “where large groups of people gather in close proximity for extended periods of time.”
How is “congress shall make no law” consistent with the First Amendment as it applies to freaking baseball games?
It applies to baseball games because it guarantees the right to assemble freely.