- Supreme Court overrules Cuomo’s pandemic church attendance caps
The Supreme Court has blocked New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo from enforcing pandemic-related restrictions on attendance at houses of worship, a dramatic departure from the high court’s recent hands-off rulings giving states free rein to limit constitutional rights while combating COVID-19. The 5–4 unsigned opinion in Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo, which came [...]
- Federal court strikes down California DMV’s censorship of vanity plates
A federal judge ruled that the California Department of Motor Vehicles’ ban on personalized license plates it deems contrary “to good taste and decency” violates the free speech protections of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. “This is a great day for our clients and the 250,000 Californians that seek to express their messages on personalized license plates [...]
- Maryland Gov. Hogan claims refusing to wear a mask is not a ‘constitutional right’
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan likened those who refuse to wear face masks during the current pandemic to drunk drivers, declaring that no one has a “constitutional right to walk around without a mask”—a claim disputed by a legal expert. The Republican governor (pictured above) made the controversial statement at a Nov. 23 presser as Marylanders were preparing for the [...]
- New Jersey religious leaders ask Supreme Court to end curbs on worship
Attorneys for a Roman Catholic priest and Orthodox Jewish rabbi have filed an emergency application with the Supreme Court in hopes of curbing New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s ongoing pandemic-related restrictions on houses of worship. In the case known as Robinson v. Murphy, the applicants filed an 82-page document with the nation’s highest court on Nov. 19 over what they [...]
