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Alito Sets Deadline For New Jersey To Respond In Religious Freedom Case

Jon Brown
Alito Sets Deadline For New Jersey To Respond In Religious Freedom Case
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has given New Jersey until Dec. 3 to respond to a case brought against it by a church and a synagogue that allege the state is unfairly applying COVID-19 protocols to religious institutions.

Fr. Kevin Robinson of Saint Anthony of Padua Church and Rabbi Yisrael A. Knopfler filed their suits earlier this year, which made their way through the courts. On Wednesday, they appealed to Alito after a lower court rejected their request for an injunction, according to Fox News.

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