coronavirus hot spots.The court on a 5-4 vote granted requests made by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and two Orthodox Jewish congregations to bar the state from enforcing attendance limits inside churches and synagogues.
American Thanksgiving feared to become coronavirus superspreader event The order marked one of the first consequential actions on the court of President Donald Trump’s new appointee, conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who cast a deciding vote in favor of the religious groups.
Conservative Chief Justice John Roberts dissented along with the court’s three liberals.An Oct. 6 decision by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo shut down non-essential businesses in targeted areas where infections have spiked, including.