The Supreme Court has turned down a bid by two Chicago-area churches for relief from stay-at-home orders Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued as part of an effort to control the spread of coronavirus
.instead of mandatory."The Illinois Department of Public Health issued new guidance on May 28. The denial is without prejudice to Applicants filing a new motion for appropriate relief if circumstances warrant," the court wrote inThe Romanian churches — one in Chicago and one just outside the city — took their complaints to the Supreme Court after being cited by local officials for violations of the lockdown orders.
A similar battle over California's Covid-19-related limits on religious worship remains pending at the court. A San Diego-area Pentecostal churchfrom Gov. Gavin Newsom's orders, which currently restrict religious services to 25% of a church's maximum authorized capacity and no more than 100 people.
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