Religious Liberty v. COVID

<p>This week the Court gave advocates a Thanksgiving break from oral arguments, but our favorite black-clad gang of nine gave us a few new cases. With Amy out this week, our colleague Zack Smith fills in to discuss those cases. GianCarlo interviews Professor Josh Blackman to discuss the status of religious-liberty challenges to COVID-19 restrictions, the confusion caused in the lower courts by the Chief's opinion in <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;ved=2ahUKEwipiovWn5_tAhWvtlkKHd4ZDA8QFjABegQIBBAD&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.supremecourt.gov%2Fopinions%2F19pdf%2F19a1044_pok0.pdf&amp;usg=AOvVaw3kqshF-kUePDFovV9SpUnQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>South Bay United Pentecostal Church</em></a>, and what the Court is likely to do with the two new religious-liberty challenges now pending. Lastly, Zack tries to stump GianCarlo with Thanksgiving themed SCOTUS trivia.</p><br><p>You can read Professor Blackman's two articles <a href="https://reason.com/volokh/2020/11/17/the-chief-justices-unexpected-super-precedent-from-the-shadow-docket/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3707739" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br><p>Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @scotus101 and send questions, comments, or ideas for future episodes to scotus101@heritage.org.</p><br><p>Don't forget to leave a 5-star rating!</p><br><p>Stay caffeinated and opinionated with a <a href="https://shop.heritage.org/products/scotus-101-mug" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SCOTUS 101 mug</a>.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>