The remaining justices, in three blistering dissents, argued against what they framed as state-backed discrimination against religious institutions. No written order denying the church’s petition was authored by the prevailing justices, which included Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. The state upped that limit to 50 people as it moved into a Phase 2 of reopening, but many churches and pastors said that the policy unfairly discriminated against places of worship while other venues, including casinos, were allowed to operate at 50 percent capacity. Under the governor’s initial Phase 1 reopening plans, in-person attendance of church events was limited to no more than 10 people.
The church, Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley, argued that social distancing restrictions were being “selectively enforced” against religious establishments, while casinos were given more permissive standards to operate under. Steve Sisolak’s emergency directive requiring places of worship to limit attendance to 50 or fewer during worship services, which was challenged by a Lyon County church seeking court action to overturn the governor’s directive. The order, issued late Friday, upholds Gov. Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision has upheld Nevada’s limits on in-person worship services ordered in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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