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We also allow exceptional measures during bona fide emergencies, which this is. For example, the first amendment guarantees freedom of the press, but the press
by CydeWeys 7y ago
We also allow exceptional measures during bona fide emergencies, which this is. For example, the first amendment guarantees freedom of the press, but the press was heavily censored during WWII. Similarly, epidemics allow governments to do things they cannot otherwise do.
It's all academic anyway. Once there are police checkpoints on major roads shutting them down, what are you gonna do? It could take years for a case to wind through the courts, by which time the epidemic is long over.