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The Supreme Court has protected religious liberty against the COVID police. The case was Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo (pdf). The “Cuomo” was New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Let’s unpack the court’s decision.
The Facts
There were really two cases—one brought by the Diocese and the other by Agudath Israel of America, an orthodox Jewish denomination. I’ll call the Diocese and Agudath Israel the “applicants” because they applied for a preliminary injunction. They sued to stop one of Cuomo’s executive orders addressing the CCP virus.
Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor, is Senior Fellow in Constitutional Jurisprudence at the Mountain States Policy Center and the Independence Institute. He authored “The Original Constitution” (4th ed., 2025) and is a contributor to the Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”
