Supreme Court halts California's COVID-19 limits on home worship gatherings
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A sharply divided Supreme Court ruled Friday that California must allow people to gather for at-home worship without limiting size of gatherings to three households. File Photo by Pat Benic/UPI | License Photo
April 10 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court ruled that California cannot enforce its COVID-19 restrictions limiting number of households gathered in a home for worship to three.
The 5-4 ruling, which was released late Friday, overturns the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Ninth Circuit, which denied motion to prohibit enforcement of restrictions on such gatherings, calling the lower court's decision "erroneous." The majority opinion wasn't signed but included Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, who was confirmed in October.