New Jersey Religious Leaders Ask Supreme Court to End Curbs on Worship

New Jersey Religious Leaders Ask Supreme Court to End Curbs on Worship
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks at Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, N.J. on May 13, 2019. Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Liberty Science Center
Matthew Vadum
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Attorneys for a Roman Catholic priest and Orthodox Jewish rabbi have filed an emergency application with the Supreme Court in hopes of curbing New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s ongoing pandemic-related restrictions on houses of worship.

In the case known as Robinson v. Murphy, the applicants filed an 82-page document with the nation’s highest court on Nov. 19 over what they claim are the Democratic governor’s discriminatory actions abusing religious freedom in the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.