Supreme Court Rejects Church Challenge to Virus Restriction

Pastor Rob McCoy leads a communion ceremony after an online Palm Sunday Service at the Godspeaker Calvary Chapel sanctuary on April 5, 2020 in Thousand Oaks, California. Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request by a Nevada church to block the state from enforcing a limit on the number of attendees at religious services.

Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the liberal justices in the split 5-4 ruling. Three of the court’s conservatives justices filed dissenting opinions.