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Because these are facts not law! As Alito points out he isn't a doctor and he isn't going to second guess them in the middle of a plague.
by wbl 6y ago
Because these are facts not law! As Alito points out he isn't a doctor and he isn't going to second guess them in the middle of a plague.
- kmonsen 6y agoDidn’t he second guess doctors though? There were doctors writing the order but he said it should be overruled. Sorry if I’m misunderstanding, honestly want to understand here. Edit: I have tried to find what Alito thinks but can’t find any information. He voted to fully reopen churches but did not join the dissenting opinion or wrote his own so I don’t really know what his opinion is.
- throwlaplace 6y agoI agree with your and there's a joke somewhere in here but I can't quite compose it. Something like: One SCJ says to another "I can't decide where to go this Sunday for brunch". Second SCJ responds "you should check to see if there's relevant case law on who makes the best mamosas". First SCJ checks LexisNexus and comes back empty handed and says to the first "guess I'll just go to the church instead".
- gizmo686 6y agoI do not see any statement from Alito, but he voted with the dissent. The position of Roberts (writing for the majority) is that: > Where those broad limits are not exceeded, they should not be subject to second-guessing by an “unelected federal judiciary," Which is to say, even the majority acknlowdges that there are times where the courts should intervene. The question of what a "comparable" secular activity is is very much a legal one.
- wbl 6y agoOh good catch!