SCOTUS rules against Cuomo's 10 person cap at churches/synagouges.

"Even in a pandemic, the Constitution cannot be put away and forgotten."

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20a87_4g15.pdf

Gorsuch, concurring:

"At least according to the Governor, it may be unsafe to go to church, but it is always fine to pick up another bottle of wine....Who knew public health would so perfectly align with secular convenience? "

Gorsuch, cont. : "The [Court] may not shelter in place when the Constitution is under attack.

Things never go well when we do."

Breyer, dissenting (Sotomayor & Kagan joined):

"Why should this Court act now without argument or full consideration in the ordinary course (and prior to the Court of Appeals’ consideration of the matter)
when there is no legal or practical need for it to do so? "

Breyer, dissenting cont.: "Whether, in present circumstances, [Cuomo's caps violate] the Constitution’s Free Exercise Clause is far from clear..."

Sotomayor's dissent (joined by Kagan):

"Justices of this Court play a deadly game in second guessing the expert judgment of health officials about the environments in which a contagious virus, now infecting a million Americans each week, spreads most easily."

Sotomayor cont.:

"I fear that granting applications such as the one
filed by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn (Diocese)
will only exacerbate the Nation’s suffering."

Sotomayor cont.:

"Free religious exercise is one of our most treasured and
jealously guarded constitutional rights. States may not discriminate against religious institutions, even when faced
with a crisis as deadly as this one. But those principles are
not at stake today..."

Sotomayor cont.: "The Constitution does not forbid States from responding to public health crises through regulations that treat religious institutions equally or more favorably
than comparable secular institutions, particularly when
those regulations save lives."

Chief Justice Roberts wrote a separate dissent in this case.

"Numerical capacity limits of 10 and 25 people, depending
on the applicable zone, do seem unduly restrictive. And it
may well be that such restrictions violate the Free Exercise
Clause."

Roberts dissent cont.:

"It is not necessary, however, for us to rule on that
serious and difficult question at this time. The Governor
might reinstate the restrictions. But he also might not."

Roberts dissent cont.:

"And it is a significant matter to override determinations
made by public health officials concerning what is necessary for public safety in the midst of a deadly pandemic."

Roberts dissent cont.:

"If [Cuomo] does reinstate the numerical restrictions the applicants can return to this Court, and we could act
quickly on their renewed applications....the applicants have not demonstrated their entitlement to “the extraordinary remedy of injunction.”