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    Justice Alito: Pandemic Has Brought 'Unimaginable Restrictions' On Freedoms

    "It pains me to say this, but in certain quarters, religious liberty is fast becoming a disfavored right," the Supreme Court justice told the Federalist Society's annual National Lawyers Convention.
    by Bill Chappell Nov 13, 2020 3 minutes
    Justice Samuel Alito speaks at a hearing last year on Capitol Hill. "We have never before seen restrictions as severe, extensive and prolonged as those experienced for most of 2020," Alito said in a speech this week to the Federalist Society's National Lawyers Convention.

    Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says the COVID-19 pandemic has brought "previously unimaginable restrictions on individual liberty," warning of an important shift in the views of essential rights on several fronts, from religious freedom to free speech.

    Alito's remarks came Thursday in a keynote speech at theFederalist Society's annual National Lawyers Convention, which is being held virtually this week. The event's theme is to examine how the coronavirus is affecting the

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