Chief Justice John Roberts - Liberal

BREAKING: Supreme Court votes 5-4 to grant Catholic Diocese and orthodox Jews' request to block Gov. Cuomo's attendance limits at houses of worship in New York.

Chief Justice Roberts joins the three liberal justices in dissent.

— Steven Mazie (@stevenmazie) November 26, 2020

These votes mark the first marked impact of Justice Amy Coney Barrett on the Court and the country.

She joined her four conservative brethren in blocking the limits whereas Justice Ginsburg anchored 5-4 majorities the other way in the spring.

— Steven Mazie (@stevenmazie) November 26, 2020

From FOX News:

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday night blocked New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo from reimposing strict attendance caps at worship services in areas hit hard by the novel coronavirus.

The court ruled 5-4 to bar Cuomo from enforcing his Oct. 6 “Cluster Initiative” against houses of worship that sued to challenge the restrictions.

The order was also the first in which Justice Amy Coney Barrett played a decisive role.

...Cuomo's initiative had created color-coded limits on mass gatherings and business operations, in an effort to stem the outbreak in New York City areas that were experiencing a surge in cases, according to Bloomberg News.

...In the hardest-hit areas, which were designated red zones, the state limited attendance in houses of worship to 25% of their capacity or 10 people, whichever is fewer. The majority said his limits violated the First Amendment’s protection of the free exercise of religion.

...“It is time — past time — to make plain that, while the pandemic poses many grave challenges, there is no world in which the Constitution tolerates color-coded executive edicts that reopen liquor stores and bike shops but shutter churches, synagogues, and mosques,” wrote Gorsuch, who was also named to the court by President Trump.

The reason Justice Amy Coney Barrett "played a decisive role" is because Chief Justice John Roberts has lost his legal mind.

The real story here is not what would have happened in this decision if Ruth Bader Ginsburg were still alive, as many Democrats/Leftists are framing it.

The real story is that John Roberts, without a doubt, has joined the side of the Court that ignores the Constitution and rules as Leftist political players. The Supreme Court is not 6-3 conservative.

I don't really blame George W. Bush for his disastrous appointment of John Roberts. Bush said he would nominate justices like Antonin Scalia. Bush claimed to believe that justices should not legislate from the bench.

It did seem like Roberts would be that sort of justice. Time has shown that nothing could further from the truth.