Ted Cruz Deems Betrayal of Religious Liberty By Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh ‘Compelling and Disappointing’

It was reported that last night, the Supreme Court ruled against religious liberty in a case brought forth in Maine for allowing an exemption to a COVID vaccine mandate.

Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh joined Chief Justice John Roberts and the Supreme Court’s three progressives in rejecting an emergency appeal from health care workers.

U.S. Sen Ted Cruz (R-TX) said the decision, “This is compelling. And disappointing.”

This is compelling.

And disappointing. https://t.co/WjG1Fj1Bti

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) October 30, 2021

In August, nine unnamed workers sued the state to request a religious exemption to the mandate that went into effect yesterday and the case quickly moved up to the nation’s top court.

Three of the conservative justices led by Neil Gorsuch filed what the National Review called a compelling dissent where they stressed that, besides being likely to win on the merits, the religious objectors were merely asking to maintain the status quo — to keep their jobs despite being unvaccinated.

Maine’s Democratic Governor Janet Mills celebrated the ruling in a statement Friday night where she insisted, “This rule protects health care workers, their patients and the stability of our health care system in the face of this dangerous virus.”

“Just as vaccination defeated smallpox and vaccination defeated polio, vaccination is the way to defeat COVID-19,” Mills added.

The health care workers, who are represented by the conservative group Liberty Counsel, will still try to get the Supreme Court to hear the underlying case and Mat Staver, the founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel, said in a news release, “This case is far from over,”

“We will file a petition with the Supreme Court to review the merits of the case after full briefing and argument. The High Court’s decision to not grant the emergency relief is not a ruling on the merits,” Staver declared.