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Saturday, May 30, 2020

“DeSantis has the dream Supreme Court Republicans have always wanted”: Steve Contorno of The Tampa Bay Times has an article that begins, “For all the accolades and credentials on the resumés of newly appointed Florida Supreme Court Justices John Couriel and Renatha Francis, perhaps the most consequential are their ages. Couriel and Francis are 42 years old.”

Posted at 11:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Dallet defends boat outing after voting to uphold stay-at-home order”: Columnist Daniel Bice has this essay online at The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Posted at 11:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Conservatives turn to San Francisco lawyer to fight coronavirus orders; Harmeet Dhillon has emerged as a conservative thorn in the side of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, suing on behalf of pastors, gun shop owners, protesters, cosmetologists, beachgoers — and Republicans”: Carla Marinucci of Politico has this report.

Posted at 11:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Roberts Upholds COVID-19 Restrictions on Churches, Scolds Kavanaugh”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has a post titled “Why 4 justices on the Supreme Court voted to reopen churches in the pandemic; Roberts’s decision is a loss for the religious right and a victory for public health; But four justices saw the case differently.”

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman has a post titled “Did Chief Justice Roberts signal his Harry Blackmun moment? Chief Justice Roberts, still haunted by the ghost of Lochner, may be trending towards Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority.”

Posted at 10:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Divided Supreme Court still gives guidance on virus-related worship restrictions”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 10:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Federal officer killed by gunfire outside U.S. courthouse in Oakland”: Alex Wigglesworth of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Posted at 9:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court, in 5-4 Decision, Rejects Church’s Challenge to Shutdown Order; A California church argued that restrictions on public gatherings treated houses of worship worse than many businesses”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court, in rare late-night ruling, says California may enforce certain restrictions on religious gatherings.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court rejects challenge to California limits on church crowds during pandemic.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Rejects Church Challenge to California’s Limits on In-Person Services During the Pandemic; The late-night, 5-4 decision allows the state to enforce some restrictions on religious gatherings.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court won’t force states to speed up church reopenings.”

Andrew Blake of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court rules 5-4 against challenge to California ban on religious services during lockdown; ‘Those restrictions appear consistent with the free exercise clause of the First Amendment,’ wrote chief justice.”

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Supreme Court votes 5-4 to let Gov. Newsom restrict attendance at religious services.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court rejects challenge to limits on church services.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. high court rejects church challenges to state pandemic rules.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Divided Supreme Court Rejects Churches on Covid Restrictions.”

Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Roberts joins liberals as Supreme Court rejects challenge to coronavirus limits on church services; A California church had argued that putting a limit on crowd size violates constitutional guarantees of religious freedom.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Supreme Court rejects request from California church to block restrictions on in-person services.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Roberts joins court’s liberals to deny California church’s lockdown challenge; The chief justice warns against ‘second-guessing’ state officials amid pandemic.”

J. Edward Moreno of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court denies California church’s challenge to state restrictions.”

And Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service reports that “Supreme Court Rejects Church’s Challenge to California Limits on Church Gatherings.”

You can access last night’s 5-to-4 order of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the concurrence therein and dissent therefrom, at this link.

Posted at 1:22 PM by Howard Bashman