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I'm sure they can. There isn't really a private business card that I'm aware of. Even here in Texas the "workaround" was to mandate that businesses require empl

by Rapzid 6y ago

I'm sure they can. There isn't really a private business card that I'm aware of. Even here in Texas the "workaround" was to mandate that businesses require employees and customers wear masks. Beyond that, I haven't even read a credible analysis that believes mask and social distancing mandates would not be legal. To the contrary, just about everybody I've heard/read from suggests it's settled law that the government can take these measures in the interest of public health during a pandemic. Really it's just been a bunch of politicizing, hand waving, hollow platitudes, and feigning ignorance of the data and CDC guidelines accompanying a refusal to mandate. I believe the few court cases so far have resulted in the courts upholding mandates right?

mrguyorama 6y ago
There's literally already a supreme court case about the government requiring you to wear masks. Though "case law" has always been weird to me, because sometimes it just gets reviewed or overturned and now something that was taken as gospel in the judicial system can be 100% turned around, with zero new text in the law books
- dragonwriter 6y ago
  > Though "case law" has always been weird to me, because sometimes it just gets reviewed or overturned and now something that was taken as gospel in the judicial system can be 100% turned around, with zero new text in the law books Case law is text in the law books. In the US, it is most of the text in the law books.
  - mrguyorama 6y ago
    It just concerns me how much power a random judge has that their decisions and opinions become law, with other judges very hesitant to challenge it
    - dragonwriter 6y ago
      > It just concerns me how much power a random judge has that their decisions and opinions become law A “random judge” has virtually no power of that kind; trial court decisions are rarely published and, if published, are still only persuasive rather than binding authority. Appellate court decisions are binding precedent on inferior courts, but appointments to such courts are highly scrutinized for that reason, and the decisions aren't made by a single judge.

by Rapzid 6y ago

mrguyorama 6y ago

There's literally already a supreme court case about the government requiring you to wear masks. Though "case law" has always been weird to me, because sometimes it just gets reviewed or overturned and now something that was taken as gospel in the judicial system can be 100% turned around, with zero new text in the law books

dragonwriter 6y ago
> Though "case law" has always been weird to me, because sometimes it just gets reviewed or overturned and now something that was taken as gospel in the judicial system can be 100% turned around, with zero new text in the law books Case law is text in the law books. In the US, it is most of the text in the law books.
- mrguyorama 6y ago
  It just concerns me how much power a random judge has that their decisions and opinions become law, with other judges very hesitant to challenge it
  - dragonwriter 6y ago
    > It just concerns me how much power a random judge has that their decisions and opinions become law A “random judge” has virtually no power of that kind; trial court decisions are rarely published and, if published, are still only persuasive rather than binding authority. Appellate court decisions are binding precedent on inferior courts, but appointments to such courts are highly scrutinized for that reason, and the decisions aren't made by a single judge.