Republicans, Democrats in tight race for control of US Congress
Phoenix, Arizona/Birmingham, Michigan, USReuters Control of Congress was up for grabs after Tuesday’s US midterm elections with many of the most competitive races uncalled, leaving it unclear whether Republicans would seize control from President Joe Biden’s Democrats. In a bright spot for Democrats, NBC News and Fox News projected John Fetterman won a critical US […]
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 appeals court rules againt Nevada cap on church attendance
Reno, Nevada, USAP A US appeals court agreed Tuesday with two Nevada churches that have argued for months that the state’s COVID-19 restrictions are unconstitutional because they place harsher attendance limits on religious gatherings than casinos and other secular businesses. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals reversed earlier federal court rulings that upheld Nevada’s […]
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 […]
In the US, Nevada church renewing challenge of virus attendance cap
Reno, NevadaAP A rural Nevada church is trying to renew its unsuccessful bid to strike down the state’s cap on the size of religious gatherings, arguing failure to enforce social-distancing guidelines in voter lines during Tuesday’s primary election was further proof churches are being singled out in violation of the constitution. A US district judge […]
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 […]