US Supreme Court won’t hear Nevada church’s COVID-19 case
Reno, Nevada AP The US Supreme Court on Monday refused a rural Nevada church’s request to enter a legal battle over the government’s authority to limit the size of religious gatherings amid the COVID-19 pandemic – after the church won an appeals court ruling last month that found Nevada’s restrictions unconstitutional. Attorneys general from 19 […]
Nevada church presses US Supreme Court on COVID-19 limits
Reno, Nevada, USAP A rural Nevada church wants the US Supreme Court to weigh in on a legal battle over the government’s authority to limit the size of religious gatherings amid the COVID-19 pandemic even after the church won an appeals court ruling that found Nevada’s restrictions unconstitutional. Attorneys general from 19 other states recently […]
US Supreme Court denies Nevada church’s appeal of virus rule
Reno, Nevada, USAP A sharply divided US Supreme Court denied a rural Nevada church’s request late Friday to strike down as unconstitutional a 50 person cap on worship services as part of the state’s ongoing response to the coronavirus. In a five to four decision, the high court refused to grant the request from the […]
Church blasts Nevada’s “litigation tactic” at US Supreme Court
Reno, Nevada, USAP A rural church trying to persuade the US Supreme Court to suspend Nevada’s 50 person cap on worship services is accusing Governor Steve Sisolak of adding the church’s county to a list of those with elevated cases of COVID-19 as part of a “litigation tactic.” Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley east of Reno […]
US judge upholds Nevada’s cap on size of church gatherings
Reno, Nevada, USAP A US federal judge has ruled against the leaders of two Nevada churches who argued that the state’s coronavirus-related restrictions on religious gatherings are an unconstitutional violation of their First Amendment rights. US District Judge Richard Boulware II on Tuesday denied requests from a church in rural Lyon County and another in […]