JD Vance Just Pushed This Sunday Law Nobody Saw Coming

 

V.P. JD Vance on Sunday Blue Laws

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Vice President J.D. Vance supports Sunday blue laws, arguing that the government should protect the Sabbath as a sacred day. In his book, Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, he advocates for legislation that restricts commercial activity so workers can rest, spend time with their families, and fulfill their religious obligations. 

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These traditional restrictions, sometimes called Sabbath laws or Sunday closing laws, were historically adopted to promote Christian worship by closing businesses or halting certain forms of retail. While most modern blue laws have been repealed, several states still maintain restrictions on Sunday commerce, such as limits on auto sales or alcohol availability. Vance's promotion of these policies centers on the idea that the state has a role in safeguarding societal morals and protecting time for church. 

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Explore the broader history of these regulations and their modern status on the Wikipedia Blue Law Entry or read critical analyses of Vance's political and religious messaging via Yahoo News Coverage. 

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2026 & Sunday Laws

 

Support for a Uniform Day of Rest (from The Heritage Foundation Special Report)

In order to demonstrate a fulfillment of prophecy before our eyes we directly focus on the part that mentions Sunday Rest of this exhaustive report.

  

Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years

January 8, 2026 Over an hour read Download Report


Authors:Roger Severino, Jay Richards, PhD, Emma Waters, Delano Squires, Rachel Sheffield and Robert Rector

Summary

To end America’s family crisis, policymakers and civic leaders should treat restoring the family home as a matter of justice, driven by two truths. The first is that all children have a right to the affection and protection of the man and woman who created them. The second is that the ideal environment in which to exercise this right is in a loving and stable home with their married biological parents. In contrast, the default in American culture today is to put the desires of adults over the needs of children. Children are too often called to sacrifice what is due to them—the presence of their mom and dad under the same roof for the entirety of their childhood.

Key Takeaways

1. The family is the foundation of civilization, and marriage—the committed union of one man and one woman—is its cornerstone. It is the seedbed of self-government.
2. The question that will determine the course of America’s future is: What happens to a nation when its citizens largely stop having children and eschew marriage?
3. The only way for America to thrive in the future is to rebuild the family—which can only happen with a societal commitment to revive the institution of marriage.

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Support for a Uniform Day of Rest. As zoning laws allow a community to determine where one can operate certain businesses, “blue laws” reflect the local judgments as to when one can operate certain businesses. In the case of McGowan v. Maryland (1961), the Supreme Court held by an eight-to-one vote that Sunday-closings laws that include the purpose of providing a uniform day of rest are constitutional and can accommodate the fact that the majority of people who take a day of rest for religious reasons do so on Sundays. Massachusetts, for example, requires that “every employer of labor engaged in carrying on any manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment or workshop...shall allow every person...at least twenty-four consecutive hours of rest...in every seven consecutive days.”140

Day-of-rest laws limiting commercial activity are usually found in less densely populated counties, although restrictions on alcohol sales are more widespread. Though greatly diminished, blue laws persist in some form in close to 28 states.141

A uniform day of rest that limits commercial activity can provide temporal boundaries that help communities to set aside time for religious observance, family gatherings, outdoor activities, and rest. A stable base of research shows that these practices correlate with better mental health, stronger social bonds, and more stable family structures.142

With the advent of on-demand delivery, shopping can be shifted easily and conveniently to other days of the week. By restoring a common rhythm of rest and reflection, community rest laws could help to reverse the trend toward “spiritual homelessness” and foster the social habits necessary for communities to cohere and flourish.

Despite today’s on-demand culture, the U.S. Postal Service does not deliver regular mail on Sundays, most organized youth sports avoid Sunday competitions, and most banks are closed on Sundays. The ever-popular Chick-Fil-A chain closes its restaurants on Sundays for the benefit of its workers and their families. Where new, planned communities or transitioning communities form, they should consider adding rest days as part of their master plans for balanced and thriving community life.

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Sabbath Rest: My New Year's Resolution

Jan 6, 2026 8:30:00 AM | by Caitrin Bennett



Caitrin Bennett shares her 2026 New Year’s resolution to make Sunday a true day of rest.

 
The Third Commandment

What does your Sunday routine look like? After Mass, do you head home for family time and quiet prayer, or are you often running to sporting events and social gatherings? Do you use Sunday to rest, or to do chores and prepare for the rush of Monday morning?

I have long known that one of the Ten Commandments required that we “keep holy the sabbath day,” but I thought this just meant making it to Mass. After that, I felt that I had checked my sabbath box and I could do whatever I wanted to do or needed to get done the rest of the day. In high school, I usually had scheduled activities on Sunday afternoons and evenings. In college, I often had a paper to write on Sundays, having procrastinated all weekend. Now, as a mom with young kids, Sunday seems like the perfect day to catch up on laundry and plan for our upcoming week of homeschool and activities.

But recently, God has put the idea of sabbath rest on my heart, so I went back to the actual text of the third commandment in Exodus 20. It was convicting.

Remember the sabbath day—keep it holy. Six days you may labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God. You shall not do any work, either you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your work animal, or the resident alien within your gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them; but on the seventh day he rested. That is why the LORD has blessed the sabbath day and made it holy. (Exodus 20:8-11)

Here’s what stuck out to me: there is literally no mention here of gathering to worship, or even of praying and studying Scripture on your own. The Church has wisely instructed that faithful Catholics attend Mass (at least) on Sundays, and we should of course be obedient to that. But Scripture is very clear about how we are to observe the sabbath: rest. Not rushing around to events, not planning for the week ahead or doing chores we didn’t get to last week; ideally, not doing any work at all.

Sunday shopping ban doesn’t apply at American Dream mall, N.J. says in Bergen blue laws battle

Updated: Dec. 28, 2025, 12:10 p.m.|Published: Dec. 28, 2025, 12:09 p.m.

A sign outside American Dream mall in East Rutherford announces all stores are open Sunday.New Jersey Superior Court

By Allison Pries | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com


The American Dream Meadowlands is getting support from its landlord, the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, in a legal dispute with Paramus over Bergen County’s longtime Sunday shopping ban.

The Borough of Paramus filed a lawsuit in August saying American Dream has flouted the ban, commonly known as “Blue Laws” since at least January 19 2025 by allowing its more than 120 retail tenants to operate on Sundays.

Bergen is the last county in New Jersey to maintain its historic ban on Sunday shopping — a policy that remains popular in the retail mecca. The laws prohibit the sale of clothing and apparel, building materials, furniture and appliances on Sundays.

The operators of the American Dream mall began advertising Sunday shopping earlier this year — sparking a legal fight with the borough of Paramus.

Among the defendants in the lawsuit is the NJSEA, an independent authority established by the state in 1971 to oversee the Meadowlands Sports Complex including MetLife Stadium, the Meadowlands Racetrack and now American Dream.

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Sunday Law at the Gates: Jonathan Berry’s Nomination Heads to a Final Vote in the Full Senate

June 26, 2025 by Andy Roman

Jonathan Berry, known as “Mr. Sunday Law” for his public advocacy of bringing back Blue laws, has officially advanced one step closer to becoming the next Solicitor of the U.S. Department of Labor. On June 26, 2025, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted to move his nomination forward, clearing the way for a full hearing and vote in the Senate chamber. If confirmed, Berry would serve as the top legal officer in the Department of Labor, giving him significant influence over labor policy, workplace regulations, and religious accommodations. His nomination is raising eyebrows among those concerned about the growing entanglement of church and state, particularly in the context of labor reform and Sunday rest advocacy.

The US Senate Newsroom published the following on June 26, 2025:

• “Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee voted to advance eight of President Trump’s nominees at the Department of Education, the Department of Labor, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.” [1]

• “All nominations will now move to the Senate floor for a final vote at a later date. The approved nominations include:” [1]

• “Penny Schwinn to serve as Deputy Secretary of Education, Department of Education” [1]

• “Kimberly Richey to serve as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Education” [1]

• “Daniel Aronowitz to serve as Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor” [1]

• “David Keeling to serve as Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor” [1]

• “Jonathan Berry to serve as Solicitor, Department of Labor” [1]

• “Andrew Rogers to serve as Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor” [1]

• “Andrea Lucas to serve as a Member, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission” [1]

• “Jeremiah Workman to serve as Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training, Department of Labor” [1]

We are witnessing a dangerous and deliberate shift as politicians and political appointees are no longer concealing their intent to use government as a tool to resurrect and restore Christianity in America. When civil power is hijacked to enforce religious doctrines, the line between church and state is not just crossed—it’s obliterated. This is not merely a misguided political movement; it is the fulfillment of Revelation’s warning about a false revival that will use state authority to enforce worship, leading to the formation of the image of the beast (Revelation 13:13–14).

As lawmakers desperately attempt to “save” society, we will see an increasing push for religious legislation: Ten Commandments displayed on government property, Bible reading and prayer mandated in public schools, and the revival of Sunday as the state-endorsed day of worship. While they may appear as acts of patriotism and morality, they actually mark the start of a prophetic crisis and religious tyranny.

“When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near” (Testimonies, Vol. 5, p. 451).

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[1] https://www.help.senate.gov/rep/newsroom/press/senate-help-committee-votes-to-approve-president-trumps-education-labor-nominees

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Advice by Michael J. Coren
January 23, 2024 at 6:30 a.m. EST

Every Friday around sunset, I close my laptop. For 24 hours, my work is done. No email. No news. No social media. If it’s work-related, it waits.

What I try to do is — nothing at all. Or, rather, I spend time with people I love, usually outdoors. I swim or surf. I share a meal with friends and family. Sometimes, I just lie on my back in the park enjoying the sun.

It has rekindled a sense of joy I last felt when I was a kid with nothing to do, and gratitude for whatever miraculous series of events led me here to this moment.

For years, this one-day pause seemed untenable. For many, it’s virtually impossible to set aside an entire day for rest free from responsibilities to work and family.

But on the verge of burnout a few years ago, I began to practice a Sabbath. Giving myself permission to stop doing was hard. My brain betrayed my intentions, unconsciously leading me to flick open my phone, check work emails or scurry ahead to a Monday that hadn’t yet begun. Disconnecting took practice, and still does.

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