Saturday, April 10, 2021

USSC rules in favor of freedom again... plus a bonus?

More to the point, they made an interesting legal take

“Applicants are likely to succeed on the merits of their free exercise claim; they are irreparably harmed by the loss of free exercise rights ‘for even minimal periods of time’; and the State has not shown that ‘public health would be imperiled’ by employing less restrictive measures,” the Supreme Court ruled. “Accordingly, applicants are entitled to an injunction pending appeal.”
This marked the fifth time the Court “has summarily rejected the Ninth Circuit’s analysis of California’s COVID restrictions on religious exercise,” the Court noted. “California’s Blueprint System contains myriad exceptions and accommodations for comparable activities, thus requiring the application of strict scrutiny.”

The interesting part of this is the USSC's assertion that the State has not shown that "public health would be imperiled by employing less restrictive measures”. This might be the first time where I have seen a court not just roll over to the  Fauci is god virtue signaling that simply assumes that the more we restrict, the more we contain. 

While YouTube is banning scientific discussions about the actual results of our recommended restrictions and mandates, the USSC finally told a Governor that his State has not provided any actual evidence that what they are mandating is actually saving any lives. Apparently the law requires more than just an opinion or two from "medical experts" that provides no documented evidence that it works. 

9 comments:

Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...

Ch/Scottie's link is from PJ media, and the article, written by Senior Editor Tyler O'Neil, ends like this:

"The Court drew a line in the sand: Newsom cannot use COVID-19 to ban religious gatherings in homes. He also cannot drop the issue by 'moving the goalposts.'

"Thanks to this important decision, Californians can meet to pray in homes. The Court has defended religious freedom. Yet President Joe Biden holds a sword of Damocles over the Court, threatening to pack it with leftist justices. He may condemn this decision and use the Court’s defense of religious freedom as an excuse to destroy it."

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That is followed by this, which, strangely, cannot be copied:

Editor's note: John PJMedia in the fight against the left's radical plans in the fight against the Supreme Court! They will stop at nothing, so your support of conservative journalism is more important now than ever.

link to PJmedia
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And then there is this about O'Neil, which can be copied:

Senior editor of PJ Media, Tyler O'Neil is an author and conservative commentator. He has written for numerous publications, including The Christian Post, National Review, The Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Signal, AEI's Values & Capitalism, and the Colson Center's Breakpoint. He enjoys Indian food, board games, and talking ceaselessly about politics, religion, and culture. He has appeared on Fox News' "Tucker Carlson Tonight." He is the author of Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Follow him on Twitter at @Tyler2ONeil.

Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...

MARCHING ORDERS FOR YOU, SCOTTIE/CH:

FOX NEWS REPORTS:
McConnell Calls Biden Commission an ‘Assault’ on Judiciary

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tore into President Biden’s new commission studying potential changes to the Supreme Court, Fox News reports.

McConnell released a statement calling Biden’s commission, which will study topics including whether to add more seats to the nation’s highest court, a “direct assault on our nation’s independent judiciary.”

Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...

from YESTERDAY:
Biden Orders Study on Expanding Supreme Court
April 9, 2021 at 11:12 am EDT By Taegan Goddard at politicalwire.com:

THE NEW YORK TIMES:
“President Biden on Friday will order a 180-day study of adding seats to the Supreme Court, making good on a campaign-year promise to establish a bipartisan commission to examine the potentially explosive subjects of expanding the court or setting term limits for justices."

Taegan Goddard comments:
"Of course, commissions are the typical way to kill an idea in Washington."

Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...

Looks like it has McConnell worried, however.

Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-supreme-court-commission-mcconnell-ginsburg-nine

link to Fox
for 12:19

C.H. Truth said...

So Reverend...

You do realize that the quote regarding the state not showing that these restrictions would help is from from the USSC decision...

Not from PJ Media?

Or are you really that confused?

Anonymous said...

Oddly Jamie argues for Goverment and against churches.

Anonymous said...

Mr. Broke-it Biden caught totally off guard. His Team see no inflation.

"The March PPI data showed a rise of 1.0%, compared with a projected rise of 0.4%" cnbc

Anonymous said...

Follow the Science.

"Florida continues to report fewer new cases of the Chinese coronavirus per capita than pro-lockdown blue states such as New York, Pennsylvania, and Michigan."