In Covid-19 regulations case, Sotomayor dissent claps back at Supreme Court majority

[navco]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/covid-19-regulations-case-sotomayor-dissent-claps-back-supreme-court-n1249122

In a Supreme Court ruling just before midnight on Thanksgiving eve, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor penned another of her fiery dissents—this time warning, in her view, of the dangers of the Court’s majority position on New York State’s Covid-19 restrictions.

The high court, in a 5-4 vote, blocked restrictions on religious services that Governor Andrew Cuomo had introduced to fight the spread of the coronavirus. The majority found that Cuomo’s restrictions violated the First Amendment’s protection of free exercise of religion. These restrictions specified that, depending on infection rates, the number of worshippers at religious services could be limited. Justice Neil Gorsuch concurred, writing, in effect, that it was unconstitutional to have laws regulating churches and synagogues while allowing liquor stores and bike shops to reopen.

[trottigy]

And yet they will all turn against religion soon enough.

 

That is going to be an interesting flip flop.

[Golfguy74]

yep, all common sense is gown, their love of money and power is sickening. Cannot go to church, but you set one on fire. The re was a case were a judge was shocked when tehy reda the bible and read what it  says about homosexuality. So if I understand this correctly, they have swear oths on something they never raed? interesting

[Golfguy74]

21 hours ago, Golfguy74 said:

yep, all common sense is gown, their love of money and power is sickening. Cannot go to church, but you set one on fire. The re was a case were a judge was shocked when tehy reda the bible and read what it  says about homosexuality. So if I understand this correctly, they have swear oths on something they never raed? interesting

oops not gown but gone. not tehy but they, not reda but read

Edited November 29, 2020 by Golfguy74
poor spelling

[Katty]

I mean Sotomayor has a pretty long history of ruling in a way that's somewhat anti-first amendment. She also dissented, along with Ruth Bader Ginsberg on the ruling in favor of the Christian baker who refused to make a cake for a same sex wedding.