Covid Columns,
Constitutional Law
Oct. 6, 2020
A viable challenge to California’s ban on religious services?
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused states to impose unprecedented restrictions on their citizens, leading to a perhaps equally unprecedented wave of lawsuits. While these lawsuits have challenged many aspects of the states’ COVID regulations, state limits on worship services have arisen as a key flashpoint.
Josh McDaniel
Associate
Horvitz & Levy LLP
Appellate Law
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Burbank , CA 91505-4681
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Email: jmcdaniel@horvitzlevy.com
UCLA Law School
Josh is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Horvitz & Levy LLP, a firm specializing in civil appeals. He helps to supervise Harvard Law School's Religious Freedom Clinic. The views expressed here are his own.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused states to impose unprecedented restrictions on their citizens, leading to a perhaps equally unprecedented wave of lawsuits. While these lawsuits have challenged many aspects of the states' COVID regulations, state limits on worship services have arisen as a key flashpoint. When the debate reached the U.S. Supreme Court this summer, a divided court denied churches' requests for relief.
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