A federal appeals court has rejected a California church's lawsuit hoping to overturn the state's ban on in-person church services
The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday on a lawsuit brought by the South Bay United Pentecostal Church in Chula Vista, California, earlier this month.The lawsuit claimed California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state officials violated the church's First Amendment rights with stay-at-home orders issued because of the coronavirus pandemic. In a 2-1 decision, the court upheld the state's ban, saying it doesn't violate the First Amendment.
In the words of Justice Robert Jackson, if a '[c]ourt does not temper its doctrinaire logic with a little practical wisdom, it will convert the constitutional Bill of Rights into a suicide pact," the ruling states.Judges Jacqueline Nguyen and Barry Silverman ruled in favor of California. Judge Daniel Collins dissented from the ruling. He wrote that the state was violating the church's First Amendment rights to freely exercise their religious faith.
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