Court says governor's church-closing rule stands

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A federal appeals court has backed California Gov. Gavin Newsom's stay-at-home order banning in-church services to blunt the spread of coronavirus, rejecting an argument from clerics that the governor is treading on their First Amendment right to free exercise of their religious beliefs.

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a split 2-1 ruling denying the request for a temporary restraining order against Newsom's in-church service ban filed this month by the South Bay United Pentecostal Church in Chula Vista, California.

The ruling was issued late on Friday, the same day President Donald Trump demanded governors nationwide allow churches, synagogues, mosques and other places of worship to reopen immediately.

"The governors need to do the right thing and allow these very important essential places of faith to open right now, for this weekend. If they don't do it, I will override the governors," Trump said as his administration released detailed guidance on how religious institutions can safely reopen amid the virus that has killed nearly 100,000 people and infected more than 1.6 million in the United States. "In America we need more prayer, not less."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/court-says-governors-church-closing-rule-stands/ar-BB14wWgO?li=BBnb7Kz

I'm sure there are a lot of Americans praying that Trump doesn't fuck things up too badly.

[underpants]

1. Suck it Trump

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

2. Fat Donnie: "In America we need more prayer, not less."

After threatening the states with a power he doesn't have, IQ45 hit the links on Sunday to attend the Church of 18 Holes.

[Grins]

3. And they're takin' it to the Supremes!

Fer’ Jesus!! Who had a pretty sorry history with going to “court”.

Already announced it. Don’t yet know who will pick up that tab for the legal fees. But even IF the SCOTUS accepts it, it will be June of next year before there is a decision. By the time they hear it the, perhaps then, 200,000+ dead Americans will have a louder voice than this tax free profit center.

[keithbvadu2]

4. Your bluff has been called, Donald... Override him!