The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with a Colorado church challenging COVID-19 restrictions on capacity limits for services.

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High Plains Harvest Church brought the legal battle to the high court, asking for an injunction to halt the state’s requirement of 50 people or less for services while not enforcing the same capacity limits on secular businesses. . . .

The justices, though, granted the injunctive relief to the church Tuesday, citing an earlier case out of New York where the high court ruled in favor of the Catholic Church, which protested Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s COVID-19 orders directed at houses of worship.

The three Democratic appointees dissented from the high court‘s order. . . .

The high court, also on Tuesday, struck a blow to New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s restrictions, limiting houses of worship to 25% capacity. The order granted an injunction in a challenge brought by Jewish synagogue and Christian church leaders.

The justices granted an injunction last month against New York‘s restrictions, which limited church service capacity at 10 to 25 people depending on the area of the state where the House of Worship was located. . . .

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., a Bush-appointee, joined the court‘s three Democratic appointees in the New York challenge, dissenting from striking down Mr. Cuomo’s order.

(Excerpt from The Washington Times. Article by Alex Soyer. Photo Credit: Unsplash.)

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