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.
Roberts has abandoned his oath and must be impeached. Today, if not tomorrow.
Absolutely
Oh, yeah. The Democrats spent three years trying to impeach the president. So all’s fair in love and war, right?
And make no mistake. This is a war.
What is the single important paragraph? Can some one post it in the clear for us to read?
“Judge Neil Gorsuch’s dissent is a mere paragraph but torches the liberal wing of the Court with this decision.”
Where’s the paragraph?
If I could post a “thumbs up” icon, I would. :)
Well, we’ll take what we can get from Gorsuch; but, after siding with the LGBTQRSTUV crowd, I don’t think that it’s entirely accurate to say that Roberts is liberal and Gorsuch isn’t.
We need more Supreme Court Justices. We also need Thomas and Alito to stay healthy.
Gorsuch was masterful, and concise.
“The world we inhabit today, with a pandemic upon us, poses unusual challenges,” he wrote. “But there is no world in which the Constitution permits Nevada to favor Caesars Palace over Calvary Chapel.”
“There is no world in which the constitution favors Caesars Palace over Calvary Chapel”.
Justice Neil Gorsuch
Is it like a Magic Eye 3D poster? I’m blurringly staring at the article and I can’t see his stinging paragraph. ;)
Criminals is black. First they say murdering babies is ‘legal’ now they say casinos are more important than churches.
JoMa
Let’s have a state slap a 50-person limit on public protests and see how long this line of thought stands.
Oh my gosh, I just read it. It was a stroke of genius!
I wish they had posted Robert’s argument for direct comparison.
Hardly scorching. Anything to try for a sensational headline. Gorsuch should have declared that the members of the church in question have a civic duty to stand against tyranny, and any unlawful orders. Remind everyone that the 1st Amendment is meant to restrict government....not the people.
I respect Gorsuch. Sometimes FR are harsh on him. He also said in Nevada it seems better to be in the entertainment business.
You can keep Nevada with its gambling and prostitution in 7 counties. Who cares if it has no income tax.
Roberts has shown himself to be an Obama judge.
Thanks, George.
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