Justice Neil Gorsuch, in the concurring opinion, said Cuomo had treated religious activities less favorably than nonreligious ones, according to the New York Times.
“It is time — past time — to make plain that, while the pandemic poses many grave challenges, there is no world in which the Constitution tolerates color-coded executive edicts that reopen liquor stores and bike shops but shutter churches, synagogues, and mosques,” wrote Gorsuch, who was also named to the court by Trump.
I wonder how a bike shop and liquor store differ than a mass gathering that lasts more than an hour with close contact?
It seems there has been a concerted strategy over a number of years to (in the words of Justice Thomas) “diminish” certain rights.
Given that libs cannot downright repeal the recognition of them, it makes sense to attempt to make them irrelevant. To mock them.
The Citizens United case is an interesting example. An attempt was made to diminish the 1st Amendment recognized right of freedom of expression to protect a candidate.
Concerted and devoted efforts to diminish the right to keep and bear and bear arms is the most obvious example.