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U.S. Supreme Court rejects religious school challenge to Kentucky shutdown order
Reuters ^ | December 17, 2020 | Lawrence Hurley

Posted on 12/17/2020 2:47:23 PM PST by truthkeeper

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a religious school in Kentucky that is challenging the state’s decision to limit in-school instruction as part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The action by the justices is a loss for Danville Christian Academy. The school said the order violated its religious rights under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees the free exercise of religion...

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: christian; education; kentucky; scotus
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1 posted on 12/17/2020 2:47:23 PM PST by truthkeeper
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To: truthkeeper

WOW, this country is toast.


2 posted on 12/17/2020 2:50:02 PM PST by exnavy
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To: truthkeeper
IMO ... we should just stop asking permission.

Begging forgiveness is easier and buys some time to prove they ARE butt holes.

3 posted on 12/17/2020 2:50:51 PM PST by knarf (The Constitution protects the right to peaceably assemble, not to protest)
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To: truthkeeper

The first amendment is out, the second amendment is warming up in the bull pen.


4 posted on 12/17/2020 2:50:57 PM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: truthkeeper

Kids don’t get COVID.

The Freedom to Worship is being denied for political reasons, no medical.

Looks like the SCOTUS is going whole hog Deep State.


5 posted on 12/17/2020 2:51:18 PM PST by Alas Babylon! ("You, the American people, are my only special interest." --President Donald J. Trump)
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To: truthkeeper

Just more of what will be the norm from this leftist SCOTUS...

We can kiss the 2nd Amendment goodbye...


6 posted on 12/17/2020 2:51:53 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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Two conservative justices, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch, dissented from the court’s decision.

Looks to me like Alito is the one reliable conservative voice. We didn't even get Thomas.

7 posted on 12/17/2020 2:52:50 PM PST by truthkeeper (All Trump Has Going for Him is the Votes)
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SCOTUS didn’t actually make a ruling... they just announced to the world that the ‘waited long enough for the problem to go away’.

A true Profile in Courage.

/sarc


8 posted on 12/17/2020 2:52:53 PM PST by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!it)
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So in essence we can expect this Court to continually kick the can down the road on process-related technicalities.

That's really comforting.

9 posted on 12/17/2020 2:56:00 PM PST by truthkeeper (All Trump Has Going for Him is the Votes)
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To: exnavy

USSC once more shows they will not protect the rights of the people from government overstep... cowards

The justices, in a brief order, said that the school closing order “effectively expires this week or shortly thereafter, and there is no indication that it will be renewed,” but indicated that the school could renew its legal challenge if another closure is announced in the new year.

Two conservative justices, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch, dissented from the court’s decision. “I would not leave in place yet another potentially unconstitutional decree, even for the next few weeks,” Gorsuch wrote.


10 posted on 12/17/2020 2:57:12 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: Alas Babylon!

Don’t use the Communist Playbook’s words “Freedom of Worship”. Its Freedom of Religion. Two very different meanings.


11 posted on 12/17/2020 2:57:45 PM PST by frogjerk
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To: SuperLuminal

You want some cheese with that?


12 posted on 12/17/2020 2:58:18 PM PST by waterhill (`)
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To: truthkeeper

From some of the things we’ve seen and heard here lately, it appears that Roberts “rules the roost” and practically browbeats the others to his way of thinking as best he can.


13 posted on 12/17/2020 3:00:55 PM PST by lgjhn23 (Libs are a virus.....the DemoVirus!!)
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To: waterhill

It’s a punt - they said the order expires soon anyway, and if it is renewed the school can appeal again.


14 posted on 12/17/2020 3:01:46 PM PST by dirtboy
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To: SomeCallMeTim

Exactly. Cowards.


15 posted on 12/17/2020 3:01:49 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: exnavy

This ruling appears to be pragmatic as the remedy sought is being had within a week.


16 posted on 12/17/2020 3:02:02 PM PST by Persevero (I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen to )
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a dead rotting rat delivers more Justice,
more Truth, more often than the entire
coven of blackrobes “Supreme” frauds [”justices”].

they are lazy, treasonous, openly seditious,
brutally uncaring, and utterly selfserving
from Epstein Island to the child rapists they SERVE.


17 posted on 12/17/2020 3:04:16 PM PST by Diogenesis ("when a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced" )
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To: frogjerk

The First Amendment renders it “free exercise thereof”. It was the USSR’s constitution that brought in phrases like “freedom of religious worship”.


18 posted on 12/17/2020 3:04:54 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: SuperLuminal

You can kiss whatever.


19 posted on 12/17/2020 3:11:49 PM PST by waterhill (`)
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To: Olog-hai

Religion...ussr....like to see your timeline on that...


20 posted on 12/17/2020 3:12:22 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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