How a DC Court Sided With a Church That Wants to Meet, Not the Mayor

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🗓️ 14 October 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Churches in the nation's capitol either haven’t been able to meet in person or have had extremely limited ability to do so because of COVID-19 restrictions imposed by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser. Capitol Hill Baptist Church went to court against the mayor in September, and just achieved a big win for religious freedom.

Joining the podcast to discuss is Hiram Sasser, executive general counsel for First Liberty Institute, which represented Capitol Hill Baptist.

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Wednesday, October 14th. I'm Virginia Allen.
0:10.4	And I'm Rachel Del Judas. Due to coronavirus restrictions from DC near Muriel Bowser, churches in Washington, D.C. haven't been able to meet in person or has had extremely limited ability to meet. In September, Capitol Hill Baptist Church in
0:25.1	D.C. filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia to seek
0:29.9	relief from Mayor Bowser's current order regarding places of worship.
0:33.7	Hiram Sasser Executive General Counsel for First Liberty Institute who oversees First
0:38.7	Liberty's litigation and media efforts joins me on the Daily Single Podcast to discuss.
0:43.7	Don't forget.
0:44.7	If you're enjoying this podcast,
0:46.5	please be sure to leave a review or a five-star rating
0:49.4	on Apple Podcasts and encourage others to subscribe. Now on to our top news.
0:54.0	The second day of the Senate Judiciary hearing
1:00.0	for Judge Amy Coney Barrett began Tuesday morning.
1:03.5	Barrett was asked by Senator Patrick Leahy, Democrat of Vermont,
1:07.4	if she would recuse herself from a vote on the election
1:11.0	if she was confirmed and if the presidential election did ultimately end up before the Supreme Court.
1:17.4	Leahy said to Barrett per the Hill that the president expects you to decide with him in an election dispute and added the recusal statute requires
1:26.9	recusal where impartiality might reasonably be questioned.
1:31.3	Barrett responded saying,
1:32.8	I commit to you to fully and faithfully applying the law of recusal.
1:37.6	And part of that law is to consider any appearance questions,
1:42.0	but I cannot offer a legal conclusion right now about an outcome
1:46.1	of the decision I would reach, per the Hill.
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