Total Members Voted: 58
Voting closed: April 17, 2020, 03:42:36 PM
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Quotes in a signature is annoying, as it comes across as an independent post.
How exactly did your eyes show you that exposure made people immune? Where did you pick that up? You ran an experiment?
What proof would you find acceptable in regards to immunity?
The Association of Jewish Camp Operators filed a lawsuit earlier this afternoon seeking an injunction allowing the camps to open.I don't think it has much of a chance for success, but at least they tried.
Considering that shuls couldn't get an exception to being non-essential, why would this work?
I don't think that this strategy will work, but what they are arguing is that the Governor relaxed (or more accurately ignored) the health concerns and public gathering restrictions in permitting people to exercise their 1st Amendment Free Speech rights while not allowing an exception to the sleep away camp closure to allow the exercise of First Amendment Freedom of Religion.
I don't think it has much of a chance for success, but at least they tried.
I am not aware of a single instance where a US court overturned government emergency restrictions. SCOTUS itself denied at least 1 case. In Germany & France courts overruled a few blanket quarantine restrictions.
This is exactly what religious institutions in California argued, only to be shot down by SCOTUS, though it was impressive that they got their case accepted and with tremendous haste. Hard to imagine the camps will fare any better, especially when time is not on their side.
can they really prove that sleepaway camp is part of religious freedom? is this something that we want to complain about or does it lead to us looking like anytime something goes wrong for jews we complain about religious discrimination
It's a massive stretch. If camp is religion then everything we do is religion.
There's also economic freedom, the government can't pick and choose winners and losers.
This is the important part. Until now all the complaints / grievances were just people posting on twitter or their blogs / news sites.
Until now the restrictions were across the board, as soon as they started picking and choosing there a much bigger chance at winning in court. Additionally I can see the court changing course as time passes because there is a lot more that is known about the virus, they may require the government to justify it's actions. I'm not going to start speculating what the chances are, but it's definitely more than any previous case which had at best little, probably no chance.
Taking בכל דרכך דעהו to a whole new level!