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Attorney Statement on the “Reluctant” Denial of the Reargument for the Religious Exemption Stay in NY
December 18, 2019

On December 16th, we received notice that Judge Wiggins “reluctantly” denied our motion to reargue for a preliminary injunction, which would have allowed tens of thousands of healthy NY children to return to school while our trial challenging the constitutionality of NY’s religious exemption repeal law makes its way through the Courts. 

We are disappointed and frustrated by this decision, but we are not surprised. We are currently evaluating all options, including appealing this decision, and will announce our next steps shortly.

In the decision, Judge Wiggins wrote that while he personally “may disagree with the (repeal) law,” Wiggins did not believe any law was “overlooked or misapprehended” when he denied our request for a preliminary injunction on October 9th.  We strongly disagree.

In addition to case law cited in the denial motion, the Court overlooked and misapprehended both Article 1 Section 3 (religious liberty) and Article 11, Section 1 (right to school for ALL) of the NYS Constitution when initially denying the stay.  We look forward to arguing this during the full trial in 2020. We believe we will prevail, and that the healthy children of the faithful will be back in school where they belong prior to the beginning of the 2020-21 school year.

We still believe there are judges in New York State willing to uphold the NYS Constitution and willing to stand up to the ruthless Albany Political Machine .

“In 20 years of practicing law, I have never experienced a judge writing that he ‘reluctantly’ denied a motion. If a judge is reluctant to deny a motion, he should GRANT that motion. It is a judge’s responsibility to GRANT those motions. Quite simply, it’s their job to uphold the Constitution!,” said lead counsel Jim Mermigis of the Mermigis Law Group.

“We are currently a dark period in NY and US history, with religious liberty under attack by secular authorities in partnership with the Pharmaceutical lobby, all across the country.  Many legislators, and now some judges, seem to have forgotten that religious liberty, and the right to attend school, are fundamental rights -- rights which should not be for sale to Pharmaceutical corporations,” said co-counsel and President of www.firstfreedoms.org Kevin Barry.

“My children have already been kicked out of school.  My family, and thousands of other families whose kids have been kicked out of public and private schools, take no solace in this Court’s “reluctance” in denying yet another motion aimed to get them back in school,” said Jocelyn Sullivan-Knapp, the Plaintiff in the case.

We asked the judge’s staff on December 16th why the one-page decision dated December 3rd was not released to us or to the public before December 16th.  We have not received a reply as of December 18th.


Jim Mermigis        Mermigislaw@gmail.com   

Kevin Barry         kb151@pm.me


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  • RESTORE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN CONNECTICUT
  • 5th Circuit Order: Biden's Covid Vax Mandate "Stunningly Overbroad"
  • BREAKING NEWS: Mermigis wins TRO stopping college from disenrolling religious students
  • CT Agencies Respond on Religious Exemption Repeal Bill
  • CT Religious Exemption repeal radio interview with Kevin Barry
  • Avoid the flu shot to minimize second wave?
  • WAS THE GATES FUNDED COVID DEATH ESTIMATE OFF BY 50x?
  • STANFORD STUDY: COVID-19 MORTALITY RATE MAY BE OVERESTIMATED BY 50-85 TIMES
  • FEDERAL JUDGE GRANTS TRO: "If beer is “essential,” so is Easter."
  • ATILIS GYM: TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER MOTION, June 18, 2020
  • Pastor Aaron Lewis' Easter Challenge: Open Your Doors!
  • Attorney Statement on Judge Wiggins' “Reluctant” Denial
  • Fr. Copenhagen: Religious Leaders Must Speak on the Immorality of Injected Fetal DNA
    • Father Copenhagen's Testimony in Trenton, NJ !2/12/19 >
      • RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN NJ IN JEOPARDY
  • Affidavit of Alvin Moss, M.D.
  • Religious Freedom is Under Attack Nationwide
  • SIGN ON! Religious Liberty Letter to President Trump
  • Advocacy Groups Applaud Catholic Conference
  • Superintendent Letters to Model: Protect Religous Liberty
  • Judge Denies Stay in Amish case (without mentioning Amish)
  • AMISH LAWSUIT TO RESTORE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN NY
  • Oral Argument: Sept. 30th in Steuben County, NY
  • FBI: INVESTIGATE POTENTIAL CORRUPTION IN NY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPEAL
  • AMA OFFERS RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL VACCINE EXEMPTIONS TO ITS MEMBERS
  • WATCH
  • Donate
  • Keep Religious Exemptions in New Jersey
  • EVENTS
    • Cornerstones of Freedom
    • First Freedoms' 2018 Fundraiser
  • MEASLES
    • Dinowitz requests Health panel vote on vaccination exemption bill
    • JUST HOW DEADLY IS MEASLES? by Dr. Bob Sears
    • NYC Measles Hysteria Court Challenge Filed 4/15
    • CDC Measles Scientist Apologizes to Wakefield
  • DOJ expert affidavit: "vaccination could cause autism" in some children
  • VACCINES AND JEWISH LAW: An Alternate View
  • VACCINATION POLICIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS: Mary Holland at the UN
    • Vaccination Policy Fact Sheet, December 2018
  • Key Findings: Vaccinated vs. Unvaccinated Study
    • Vac/Unvac Study >
      • Vaccinated vs. Unvaccinated Study Now Public >
        • HOW VACCINIANS SLEEP AT NIGHT: BY PRETENDING TO BE COLONEL JESSUP
        • Chris Rock and Goldman Sachs: "Ain't no money in the cure"
  • Italy Human Rights Complaint
    • Yellow Jackets Protest Vaccine Mandates in France >
      • Court of Justice of the European Union, 21 June 2017
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  • Mission Statement
  • The Thompson Story
    • THOMPSON AND THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL RACE >
      • Developments >
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        • THE SB277 LEGAL CHALLENGE IN CA
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