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In a 5-4 ruling, Supreme Court sides with religious groups in a dispute over Covid-19 restrictions in New York

November 26, 2020. Summarized by summa-bot.

The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. The latest Republican bid to kill the Affordable Care Act comes before the Supreme Court today in an argument that will test its strengthened conservative majority and could produce a decision wiping out health insurance for 20 million people. Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg

In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court sided with religious organizations in a dispute over Covid-19 restrictions put in place by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo that limited attendance at religious services.

(CNN)In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court sided with religious organizations in a dispute over Covid-19 restrictions put in place by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo that limited attendance at religious services.

The case is the latest pitting religious groups against city and state officials seeking to stop the spread of Covid-19 and highlights the impact of Justice Amy Coney Barrett on the Court.

In the late-night ruling, Barrett sided with the conservatives in the dispute, while Chief Justice John Roberts joined the three liberal justices in dissent.

Last spring and summer, when Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was still alive, the court split 5-4 on similar cases, with Roberts and the liberals in the majority siding against houses of worship.

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