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>>Well we can disagree on the ethics for sure From your comments you clearly on the camp of supporting government tyranny, I bet you fully supported lock-down

>>Well we can disagree on the ethics for sure From your comments you clearly on the camp of supporting government tyranny, I bet you fully supported lock-downs, mandated masking, mandated vaccinations as well? let me ask then, are there any limits on government at all in your worldview or can the government exclaim "national emergency" and wipe away any an all limits to their authority? >>the government does have the ability to seize most anything for the national interest. Both of these powers are well established and have been used throughout history both for good things and bad things. that is absolutely incorrect, as the Supreme Court has shown more than a few times (see case law around the seizing of guns after Katrina for an example of government exceeding their authority). There has not been much if any adjudication around the ceasing of medical supplies during the pandemic, or the seizing of labor (i.e lockdowns) both of which should clearly be 5th amendment violation and require just compensation. I would love to see some lawsuits over that, if the ACLU was actually about protecting civil liberties they would be at the forefront of those suits. >>are you pointing to his March 8 2020 communication No I am pointing to multiple TV interviews

ethanbond 4y ago
There are a lot of limits on government powers! You can find them in the Constitution and the last 200 years of case law, and of course you're free to challenge any of those powers even today. "The government has the ability to seize most anything" == there are not classes of items the government cannot seize. Rather there are circumstances under which they can and circumstances under which they cannot. I suspect the reason you're not seeing much adjudication about these circumstances (medical supplies during a pandemic) is that it's not that controversial an application in legal circles. Ah yes the vague "that thing I remember that I cannot point to."

ethanbond 4y ago

There are a lot of limits on government powers! You can find them in the Constitution and the last 200 years of case law, and of course you're free to challenge any of those powers even today. "The government has the ability to seize most anything" == there are not classes of items the government cannot seize. Rather there are circumstances under which they can and circumstances under which they cannot. I suspect the reason you're not seeing much adjudication about these circumstances (medical supplies during a pandemic) is that it's not that controversial an application in legal circles. Ah yes the vague "that thing I remember that I cannot point to."