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Supreme Court blocks strict COVID-19 restrictions on some New York houses of worship ...The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday night that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's limits on churches, synagogues and other houses of worship to 10 or 25 worshipers in hard-hit regions violated the First Amendment's Free Exercise Clause. The decision was a reversal from earlier actions taken by the high court in response to state restrictions on organized religion during the coronavirus pandemic. The justices previously refused to lift restrictions on churches in California and Nevada, with Chief Justice John Roberts joining the court's four liberals in upholding state restrictions....