The unsigned, midnight opinion dropped like a bombshell on Thanksgiving. Five ultraconservative members of the Supreme Court, including Amy Coney Barrett, issued an emergency opinion in Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo blocking New York's health order as it applied to some churches.
The metaphorical bombardment is particularly apt here because this opinion weaponized religious freedom and came as something of a surprise to the country - though of course it shouldn't have been.
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