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Today, Explained

God-given right?

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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The Supreme Court ruled that New York state can’t limit how many people gather in church, even during a pandemic. Vox’s Ian Millhiser explains why this is one of the most significant religious liberty cases in the last 30 years. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This morning, the Supreme Court had a brief unsigned order for California judges.

0:43.6

It basically said, to reconsider pandemic restrictions on the number of people who can gather inside

0:49.2

a house of worship.

0:51.3

The order comes on the heels of a formal decision from around Thanksgiving.

0:55.6

It's one religious conservatives are likely thankful for.

0:58.9

Because the decision basically says, COVID restrictions on religious gatherings violate religious

1:04.6

liberty.

1:05.6

So this case, it's called Roman Catholic Diases of Brooklyn, V. Cuomo.

1:11.7

And it dealt with the restrictions that New York State put on various institutions in order

1:18.6

to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

1:22.0

Ian Milhizer is a senior correspondent at Vox.

1:24.8

He writes about the country's most important court.

1:27.8

New York State in areas where there is already either a significant outbreak or the potential

1:36.5

for a very significant outbreak, there were very rigid caps on the number of people who

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