Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the court's liberal bloc in a 5-4 decision issued late Friday. The lawsuit had argued that the state's limits on attendance discriminated against religion.
remained unconstitutional.
"The notion that it is 'indisputably clear' that the Government's limitations are unconstitutional seems quite improbable," wrote Roberts. "The State also has substantial room to draw lines, especially in an emergency," he said in the dissent."But as relevant here, the Constitution imposes one key restriction on that line-drawing: The State may not discriminate against religion."
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