The Thomas More Society, currently engaged in a federal religious liberty lawsuit against New Jersey Governor Philip Murphy, issued a response to today’s news that he is claiming to lift the stay-home orders that have been in place since mid-March. He is still limiting indoor gatherings to 25% of a building’s capacity or 50 people total.

Thomas More Society Special Counsel Christopher Ferrara stated, “With his stay-home orders, Governor Murphy ripped away the Constitutional rights of the people of New Jersey. With his latest edict, he is deigning to restore them one drip at a time, as with an eyedropper. Governors may not be allowed to act like petty tyrants – they must be held accountable. Our lawsuit seeks to be the catalyst that will end New Jersey’s experiment in absolute monarchy.”

The national not-for-profit law firm has sued Murphy on behalf of a Jewish rabbi and a Catholic priest, whose religious rights were violated with the issuing and selective enforcement of New Jersey’s COVID-19 stay-home orders.

Read more about the occurrences that prompted the Thomas More Society’s federal lawsuit on behalf on Rev. Kevin Robinson and Rabbi Yisrael Knopfler against Governor Philip Murphy of New Jersey here.