It's frustrating when a Justice writes in a dissenting opinion something that's so obvious that...

[Towlie]

... you want to scream "well, no shit!"

Sotomayor Calls Supreme Court’s N.Y. Pandemic Ruling A ‘Deadly Game’

Justice Sonia Sotomayor said in a withering dissent that the Supreme Court’s ruling blocking COVID-19 restrictions for religious services in New York “will only exacerbate the Nation’s suffering.”

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For a while now freedom of religion has meant taxpayer-funded religious events, the right to force "In God We Trust" onto our money and "Under God" into our pledge, and the right to force us to cover the taxes not paid by our communities' freeloading churches. Now it also means the right to spread a potentially lethal disease.

[flamin lib]

1. Yeah, and this is not a valid 1 amendment ruling.

1st is about selecting religious institutions and treating them differently from society at large. The NYC restriction was on everybody so no segregation.

[tymorial]

2. True but what I found most interesting was the "tone" of the opinions

It isn't terribly uncommon for opinions to contain comments and criticism directed at other justices on the court, especially where dissenting opinions exist. The level of animosity was pretty striking (unsurprisingly from the dissent) given the abject hypocrisy over the ignoring of the "Muslim" travel ban decision. Gorsuch and Kavanaugh however came out swinging against the dissenters with Gorsuch paying particular attention to Roberts. There definitely seemed to be more than a disagreement between colleagues.

[katmondoo]

3. My sister-in-law, a devout catholic, will not be attending church until the danger of infection is

over. This Supreme Court is showing it will not be for the American people. It will be very Trumpy in its decisions.

[Blues Heron]

4. Then there's drama queen Gorsuch

"the constitution's under attack- to the ramparts! QUICK! LET THEM SPREAD IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!!!!"

what a joke of a legal mind on that fucking twit.

[stopdiggin]

5. every word true. but you only hit

some of the least injurious examples of what "religious freedom" has been allowed to inflict on the public good. And be sure to stand by. More -- much more to come.
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