Mealey's ( May 1, 2023, 1:46 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on May 1 denied a petition for writ of certiorari filed by a pair of New Jersey churches and their pastors seeking review of a circuit court ruling that their challenge to New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s restrictions on in-person church services during the COVID-19 pandemic was moot....