Whether the statutory text and First Amendment permit FACEA's protections from violence at a 'place of religious worship' to apply only to places religious adherents collectively recognize or religious leadership designates as a place primarily to gather for or to hold religious worship activities

QUESTION PRESENTED The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACEA) prohibits violence against persons exercising their right to religious freedom at a “place of religious worship.” 18 U.S.C. § 248(a)(2). Although FACEA does not modify the term, the Second Circuit held that “place of religious worship” should reach only places “religious adherents collectively recognize or religious leadership designates as a place primarily to gather for or to hold religious worship activities.” The question presented is: Whether the statutory text and First Amendment permit FACEA’s protections from violence at a “place of religious worship” to apply only to places religious adherents collectively recognize or _ religious leadership designates as a place primarily to gather for or to hold religious worship activities.