U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law,
Civil Rights,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
May 29, 2020
Church attendance ruling not likely to have much influence
The 9th Circuit decided a case on May 22 in which it firmly rejected First Amendment arguments which contested the application of San Diego County’s stay-at-home ordinance to religious services. It is not likely that the holding will have much influence.
Charles S. Doskow
Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law
University of La Verne College of Law
Email: dosklaw@aol.com
Harvard Law School
Charles is a past president of the Inland Empire Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and in 2012 was awarded the chapter's Erwin Chemerinsky Defender of the Constitution award.
Among the many constitutional and other legal issues which have arisen and will arise from the coronavirus, perhaps the most attention has been paid to the governmental actions prohibiting in-person church services. It has been forcefully contended that the free exercise clause of the First Amendment is violated by regulations that inhibit or prevent in-person attendance at worship.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided a cas...
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