Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund

A federal judge has blocked New York officials from enforcing state restrictions on outdoor and indoor religious gatherings that are stricter than those imposed upon comparable secular entities: buff.ly/2K1DoLN

@FCDFtweets Big win in #NY for #ReligiousFreedom!

"Justice Gorsuch’s analysis did not begin with first principles." nationalreview.com/2020/06/justic…

People keep saying the biggest problem with yesterday's ruling is the violation of separation of powers, or that it was legislating from the bench. Those are problems. But not the biggest. The biggest problem is that the Court has imposed a harmful gender ideology on the nation.

Alito warns #SCOTUS decision is a threat to religious liberty nationalreview.com/corner/alito-w…

Double standard? Senator @HawleyMO has asked @TheJusticeDept to investigate whether state officials applied coronavirus restrictions differently to George Floyd protests than to religious gatherings. Read letter: hawley.senate.gov/sites/default/…

Wisconsin govt changes course, lifts special restrictions on Catholics after bishops’ outcry lifesitenews.com/news/wisconsin…

Mass gatherings — OK. Mass — not OK mercatornet.com/mass-gathering…

Chief Justice John Roberts and his tortured church logic - go.shr.lc/2UcDirw - @washtimes

Good piece by @JCNSeverino on our case w/ @ThomasMoreSoc & led by @FCDFtweets on freedom of religion in California under COVID; Justice Roberts got it wrong & we continue to fight:The Court Deals a Blow to a Pentecostal Church Just before Pentecost Sunday nationalreview.com/bench-memos/th…

Supreme Court, in rare late-night ruling, says California may enforce certain restrictions on religious gatherings washingtonpost.com/politics/court…

News Release: U.S. Supreme Court denies South Bay Church's appeal to block Gov. Newsom's unconstitutional worship restrictions fcdflegal.org/u-s-supreme-co…

Additional: By then, the circumstances concerning the pandemic are likely to be quite different as well. We expect that fact would also lead to a favorable result for religious liberty.

(2/2) We are currently evaluating our options. We have another appellate brief due in this case in the Ninth Circuit on June 5. If the case were to go back up to the U.S. Supreme Court after the Ninth Circuit rules again, we would not be held to such a high standard.

Statement from Charles LiMandri, lead counsel for South Bay Church: (1/2) The disappointing ruling in the U.S. Supreme Court was a close 5-4 vote, and was largely based on the very high standards required for our obtaining an emergency injunction.

Case Update: #SCOTUS, in 5-4 Decision, rejects South Bay's request to worship freely. nytimes.com/2020/05/30/us/…

Charles LiMandri of the @FCDFtweets is the lead lawyer in the freedom of religion case with the SCOTUS ruling tonight. Proud to be on his team with @Liberty_Ctr and @ThomasMoreSoc lawyers, different faiths together seeking our right to worship without government interference.

#BREAKING: San Diego church and pastor respond in in Supreme Court to Gov. Newsom's defense of "unconstitutional" worship restrictions #covid19 #coronavirus #news fcdflegal.org/south-bay-chur…

California Ends Ban on In-Person Religious Services as One Church Takes Ban to US Supreme Court www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/202…

Maryland county bans Eucharist in church reopening order bit.ly/3etb6bB via @cnalive