A bit of an update here. As I watch this case progress, I am getting reminded how sometimes the greatest threat to civil liberties is the government. Since the county is now 0-3 in court trying to keep the church closed, the county has given 30 day notice they are terminating a lease on land the church uses for parking. The lease has run for almost 50 years. It's hard to see this as anything but retaliation from the county since they can't get a court ruling in their favor.
https://www.dailybreeze.com/2020/08/...ing-lot-lease/
I think this has gotten very personal for the county officials and they are out to win anyway they can. I wonder how much erosion of our civil liberties is happening, almost unnoticed, because of Covid-19. Many people suddenly got emergency powers and how many will willing give them up. I won't be surprised if 3 or 4 years from now, some people are still using Covid-19 powers because the authorization was never revoked. As a sort of parallel example, we're still under a national state of emergency that was enacted in 1979 under Carter.
As a side note, I tried to find an article on CNN about this. The best I could come with was about 2 weeks old. I guess I'm not surprised. Since this is Democrats going after a church, the optics can do no good for Biden. To keep, you have to go to right wing media or local news.
https://www.dailybreeze.com/2020/08/...ing-lot-lease/
I think this has gotten very personal for the county officials and they are out to win anyway they can. I wonder how much erosion of our civil liberties is happening, almost unnoticed, because of Covid-19. Many people suddenly got emergency powers and how many will willing give them up. I won't be surprised if 3 or 4 years from now, some people are still using Covid-19 powers because the authorization was never revoked. As a sort of parallel example, we're still under a national state of emergency that was enacted in 1979 under Carter.
As a side note, I tried to find an article on CNN about this. The best I could come with was about 2 weeks old. I guess I'm not surprised. Since this is Democrats going after a church, the optics can do no good for Biden. To keep, you have to go to right wing media or local news.
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