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> that such measures are unconstitutional and anti-American You're wrong. The constitution explicitly carves out allowances for quarantines. A "nobody is allo
by ohazi 7y ago
> that such measures are unconstitutional and anti-American
You're wrong. The constitution explicitly carves out allowances for quarantines.
A "nobody is allowed to leave their homes starting now" type order would obviously be practically impossible to enforce, but that's a different matter.
- shadowgovt 7y ago... but roving armed police cruisers are, obviously, a good start to such enforcement, and most American towns already know how to do that.
- leggomylibro 7y ago>The constitution explicitly carves out allowances for quarantines. Where? I could be missing something, but I don't see that: https://constitutionus.com/ https://constitutionus.com/ The closest I could find was the part that grants Congress the power to pass any law that it wants, but I don't think that the executive arm could unilaterally lock down interstate travel. It also says: >The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. We are citizens of the United States, not of one state in particular. We pull together, or we fall apart.
- kettro 7y agoGibbons v Ogden (1824) — states may pass quarantine laws under the interstate commerce clause.
- leggomylibro 7y agoThat sounds like it involves the legislature passing a law, not an executive decision.