“In certain quarters religious liberty has fast become a disfavored right,” Alito said
Religious liberty and free speech are among Americans' personal freedoms potentially imperiled along with government overreach during the coronavirus pandemic, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito warned Thursday. “Tolerance
for opposing views is now in short supply,” Alito added in a virtual
keynote speech to a conference of the conservative Federalist Society, in which he referenced the current state of discourse in the nation's law schools and the “broader academic community.” Many
recent law school graduates claim they face “harassment” and
“retaliation” for any views that depart “from law school orthodoxy,”
Alito said.................He also said that houses of worship have been treated unfairly
compared to other businesses during the pandemic, like in the case of
casinos in Nevada. “Nevada
was unable to provide any justification for treating casinos more
favorably than other houses of worship,” he said, referring to a recent
Supreme Court case. The court still deferred to the governor who favored
the state’s biggest industry, he said............To Read More....
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