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Pandemic Suits Meet Resistance at Supreme Court

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 3, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has fueled an outbreak of lawsuits challenging public health policies, but the U.S. Supreme Court has been a dead end for most, according to a review by USA Today. In April, the court refused to extend absentee voting in Wisconsin beyond the primary election date. In May, it turned down a California church's challenge to state reopening guidelines, which imposed tighter restrictions on churches than other establishments. In June, the court declined to order the move of more than 800 inmates from an Ohio prison experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak. And in July, it turned down an effort to make it easier to vote by absentee ballot in Alabama, and denied petitions from spiritual advisers seeking to delay executions until they could safely attend. Taken together, the high court's actions signal a desire to leave the pandemic in public officials’ hands, the paper concludes.

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