It may suit public safety to indiscriminately handcuff every citizen, and we have the constitution to prevent that outcome. Confining everyone to their homes is

It may suit public safety to indiscriminately handcuff every citizen, and we have the constitution to prevent that outcome. Confining everyone to their homes is hardly different in that regard. Specifically the fourth amendment stipulates that the application of the law must well-justified, well-focused, and procedurally sound. In addition the first amendment guarantees freedom of assembly, which makes orders to disperse unsound.