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Ritesh Tandon v. Gavin Newsom
California's COVID-19 restrictions on in-home religious gatherings that contain exceptions for comparable secular activities require strict scrutiny and cannot be upheld when less restrictive means are available.
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Ritesh Tandon v. Gavin Newsom, No. 593 U.S. ____ (2021) (U.S. 2021).
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Ritesh Tandon v. Gavin Newsom, No. 593 U.S. ____ (2021) (U.S. Supreme Court, 2021). https://religiousliberty.tv/case-library/tandon-v-newsom-2/
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Ritesh Tandon v. Gavin Newsom (No. 593 U.S. ____ (2021)) [U.S. Supreme Court, 2021] — California's COVID-19 restrictions on in-home religious gatherings that contain exceptions for comparable secular activities require strict scrutiny and cannot be upheld when less restrictive means are available. Source: ReligiousLiberty.TV (https://religiousliberty.tv/case-library/tandon-v-newsom-2/, accessed October 22, 2026).
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Holding: California's COVID-19 restrictions on in-home religious gatherings that contain exceptions for comparable secular activities require strict scrutiny and cannot be upheld when less restrictive means are available.
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Ritesh Tandon v. Gavin Newsom (593 U.S. ____ (2021)) is a Free Exercise case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2021. The court held that california's COVID-19 restrictions on in-home religious gatherings that contain exceptions for comparable secular activities require strict scrutiny and cannot be upheld when less restrictive means are available.