Supreme Court Lifts Order Aimed at Curbing Virus in California Jail

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Source: Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Supreme Court lifted a lower court order that required specific steps to curb Covid-19 at four southern California jail facilities that have seen more than 400 cases since the outbreak began.

Voting 5-4 along ideological lines, the high court granted a request from officials at the Orange County Jail, as the facilities are collectively known. The officials said a federal trial judge had overstepped his authority by ordering spacing, cleaning protocols and inmate testing.

The Supreme Court majority gave no explanation for blocking the order while the litigation goes forward.

Dissenting Justice Sonia Sotomayor said U.S. District Judge Jesus Bernal concluded the jail “exposed its inmates to significant risks from a highly contagious and potentially deadly disease.” She added, “yet this court now intervenes, leaving to its own devices a jail that has misrepresented its actions to the district court and failed to safeguard the health of the inmates in its care.”

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[George II]

1. This is the right wing method of purifying the race.

[iluvtennis]

3. Exactly. Rethugs care nothing about the sanctity of life, nothing. nt

[scarletwoman]

5. Correct. Is it safe to assume that a majority of the inmates just might happen to be non-white?

[Karadeniz]

2. We wouldn't want the law to play second fiddle to humane actions.

[bluestarone]

4. We need to worry more and more about THIS court!

Biden wins and i hope we can ADD JUDGES!!!

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Would have been 9-0 if a privileged prep school

[riversedge]

7. damn. Is there no humanity anymore in the US since Trump?????

[jorgevlorgan]

8. Psychopaths

More reason to add a couple seats to scouts next year once we can.

[aggiesal]

9. Reasons? Reasons? We don't need no stinkin' reason to overturn decisions! n/t

[iemitsu]

10. Republicans want kids back in school too.

They have their heads in the sand. Plus they are evil.

[ancianita]

11. The judicial system gets worse every goddam day.

[Hekate]

12. Jesus Christ on a Trailer Hitch. SCOTUS.

Please stay alive, Justice Ginsberg.

[hvn_nbr_2]

13. SCOTUS is the death panel they warned us about. nt