CNSNews: Supreme Court Allows Governor’s Edict That Treats Churches Harsher Than Casinos; Roberts Joins Liberal Justices

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By CNSNews.com Staff, July 25, 2020  

(CNSNews.com) – The Supreme Court on Friday declined to issue an injunction against a directive issued by Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D.) that imposes harsher COVID-19 pandemic-control restrictions on churches than on casinos or bowling alleys.

The court split 5-4 on whether to grant the injunction, with Chief Justice John Roberts joining Justices Elena Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor in voting against it. (This majority did not issue a written opinion explaining their rationale.)

Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanuagh would have allowed the injunction. Alito wrote a dissenting opinion that was joined by Thomas and Kavanaugh. Gorsuch wrote his own dissenting opinionas did Kavanaugh. ….

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