The Lodi church that had its Palm Sunday services shut down by police enforcing Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ban on large gatherings and an order by San Joaquin County’s public health officials is suing, arguing that officials are guilty of an Orwellian “abuse of authority” in their efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus.
“Civil rights are not suspended by a virus,” says the lawsuit filed in federal court in Sacramento. “Fundamental and unalienable rights are, by their very nature, ‘essential.’