SCOTUS Finally Has a Majority That Values Religious Freedom

Amy Coney Barrett's accession to the Supreme Court excited religious liberty advocates. They believed her originalist jurisprudence, combined with her evident devout faith, would make her a firm advocate of interpreting the Constitution's free exercise clause to defend religious liberty. Her decisive role in the court's opinion this week enjoining the overly strict regulations from New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) on how many people can gather in a house of worship shows how right they were.