Posted on 07/25/2020 8:59:26 AM PDT by Kaslin
In Nevada, it seems being in the entertainment business has more leeway than those exercising their constitutionally protected right to worship. Amid the COVID outbreak, the state has limits on the capacity of certain locations. For churches, it’s no more than 50. For everything else, from movie theaters to casinos, it’s much more than that. It seems a bit unfair. The standard makes no sense, but it seems to be perfectly logical for Chief Justice John Roberts who sided with the liberal wing of the Supreme Court in the case of a church who challenged this unfair standard (via NYT):
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request from a church in Nevada to block enforcement of state restrictions on attendance at religious services.
The vote was 5 to 4, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. joining the court’s four more liberal members to form a majority.
The court’s brief order was unsigned and gave no reasons, which is typical when the justices act on emergency applications. The court’s four more conservative members filed three dissents, totaling 24 pages.
Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley in Dayton, Nev., argued that the state treated houses of worship less favorably than it did casinos, restaurants and amusement parks. Those businesses have been limited to 50 percent of their fire-code capacities, while houses of worship have been subject to a flat 50-person limit.
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., in a dissent joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Brett M. Kavanaugh, wrote that the distinction made no sense.
Judge Neil Gorsuch’s dissent is a mere paragraph but torches the liberal wing of the Court with this decision. This isn’t the first time Roberts has sided with liberals on places of worship challenging COVID attendance policies. It’s yet another time this man has stabbed us in the back. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) went onto say this decision shows the man has abandoned his oath.
It’s all about the state tax revenues. If you are a sufficiently large payer, you can stay open.
Since when did Gorsuch join the "conservative wing" of the court?
It was barely a few weeks ago when Gorsuch himself determined that gays, trannies and make-believe whatevers could sue their employers for problems brought about by their sexual confusion.
There is yet a conservative wing of the court and it is but Justice Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito. That's IT.
“Roberts has abandoned his oath and must be impeached. Today, if not tomorrow.”
Nothing will happen.
Wow. I’m wondering if Gorsuch is having second thoughts about granting ‘equal access’ to those with personality disorders. Requiring all to accede to those with personality disorders IS NOT IN THE CONSTITUTION EITHER.
Thank you.
Wow.
Compare tbe ages of Kavanaugh and Gorsuch to Alito and Thomas.
He did it HIS way. A simplistic comparison but a stroke of genius.
Roberts did NOT join the liberal four. Roberts is a solid member of the Leftist FIVE. He was a conservative until he got some pressure. I attribute it to the Dilantin and whatever other anti seizure drugs he is on. It can totally sap your willpower, make it near impossible to resist pressure, among other debilitating mental effects. I’ve been there. Been out of that mental morass for twenty years but I know how it was. Taking seizure medicine should be a disqualification for holding a life tenure office.
“Let’s have a state slap a 50-person limit on public protests and see how long this line of thought stands.”
Excellent suggestion!
You gonna count on the Democrats in the House to impeach him? Good luck with that.
The world we inhabit today, with a pandemic upon us, poses unusual challenges. But there is no world in which the Constitution permits Nevada to prefer Caesar's Palace over Calvary Chapel.
“But there is no world in which the Constitution permits Nevada to favor Caesars Palace over Calvary Chapel.”
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The word ‘favor’ is key here. Liberal judges don’t vote, they emote.
Nobody on the winning side offered an argument to support the denial. Summary denial.
Roberts did offer an argument in an earlier COVID vs. the Church case.
Alito also had a dissenting opinion, many pages long
Can’t find the paragraph. Typical. If you see the word “torches”, “destroys” etc. it Usually doesn’t exist
This is another case where the supreme court clearly strayed from the Constitution. This decision, like so many others before, begs to be ignored. And that is what the church should do.
After reading that, now I’m really wondering if Roberts has an Epstein problem...
In Harry Reid’s world (he was the former Gaming Commissioner before becoming an insane leftist crooked Senator), it’s “Dice over Deity, Gaming/Gomorrah over God”.
I, too, can write short “dissents”.
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