Stephen M. Crampton , Tupelo, MS, and Thomas More Society on brief for Emmanuel Bible Baptist Church, Grace Community Chapel, First Church of Waterville, New Hope Evangelical Free Church, Athens Church of the Open Bible, Faith Bible Church, Cherryfield Church of the Open Bible, Calvary Chapel St. Croix Valley, Life Community Church, Hosanna Church, First Baptist Church of Waldoboro, Guilford Christian Fellowship, The Rock Church of Bangor, New Hope Evangelical Free Church, Charleston Church, Centerpoint Community Church, Clinton Baptist Church, St. Albans Union Church, New Beginnings Church of God, Machias Valley Baptist, and Stetson Union Church, amici curiae.
Stephen C. Whiting , Portland, ME, and The Whiting Law Firm on brief for Adrienne Bennett, amicus curiae.
Alex J. Luchenitser , Richard B. Katskee , Kenneth D. Upton, Jr. , Sarah R. Goetz , Austin, TX, David A. Soley , James G. Monteleone , Portland, ME, Bernstein Shur, Steven M. Freeman , David L. Barkey , New York, NY, Amy E. Feinman , Jeffrey I. Pasek , Philadelphia, PA, and Cozen O'Connor on brief for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Anti-Defamation League, Bend the Arc, Central Conference of American Rabbis, Interfaith Alliance Foundation, Jewish Social Policy Action Network, Maine Conference, United Church of Christ, Men of Reform Judaism, Methodist Federation for Social Action, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, Union for Reform Judaism, and Women of Reform Judaism, amici curiae.
Before Howard, Chief Judge, Selya and Barron, Circuit Judges.
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This interlocutory appeal arises out of the chaotic early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic. Defendant-appellee Janet T. Mills, the Governor of Maine, responded to the growing threat of contagion by issuing a series of executive orders limiting all "non-essential" activities and gatherings, arguably including those by religious...
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