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How U.S. Pandemic Restrictions Became a Constitutional Battlefield After 100 Years, Public Health Controls Are Under Attack by John Fabian Witt, Kiki Manzur In November, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down emergency limits that New York State had placed on religious gatherings because of the COVID19- pandemic.
Such restrictions, the Court ruled, unconstitutionally prohibited New Yorkers from freely exercising their religions. It was the first time in history that the nation’s highest court has intervened to strike down similar regulations during a public health crisis.
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