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December 3, 2020

The Supreme Court Strikes Down Pandemic-Related Restrictions on Freedom of Worship—but Not All of Them

Finding a balance between public health and the First Amendment.

Last week, the Supreme Court ruled five to four in favor of Catholics and Orthodox Jews seeking relief from New York State’s stringent limits on attendance at religious services in certain neighborhoods. As Michael McConnell and Max Raskin explain, the ruling does not by any means assert that religious institutions are exempt from public-health measures, only that there needs to be a less discriminatory attempt to balance safety and First Amendment freedoms:

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