(CNN) The Supreme Court on Tuesday again sided with religious groups in Colorado and New Jersey that argued that the states' covid-related restrictions on worship services violated religious liberty rights, the latest in a string of rulings against pandemic guidelines in recent weeks. Kevin Robinson and Rabbi Yisrael A. Knopfler in New Jersey and the other brought by a small Colorado church. The impact of coronavirus restrictions on individual rights has bitterly divided the court. In a speech last month , Justice Samuel Alito said he worried about the future of religious liberty in the United States lamenting that it is "fast becoming a disfavored right." "We have never before seen restrictions as severe, extensive and prolonged" he said, adding that the pandemic has resulted in "previously unimaginable restrictions on individual liberty."

Source: CNN December 15, 2020 17:26 UTC