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Jamie Raskin: “Does the religious-free exercise clause exempt churches and synagogues and so on from public health orders that are…”

On the recordSeptember 23, 2020
Does the religious-free exercise clause exempt churches and synagogues and so on from public health orders that are handed down by states or counties?
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin questions the exemption of religious institutions from public health orders during COVID-19.

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