In a 5-4 decision issued just before midnight Nov. 25, the Supreme Court lifted the pandemic restrictions on congregation sizes at houses of worship imposed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
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U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York said that “the government is afforded wide latitude in managing the spread of deadly diseases under the Supreme Court’s precedent.”