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There's a big difference between quarantining people who you know have a dangerous disease for a few weeks until they're better, and quarantining the entire cou
by josephcsible 2y ago
There's a big difference between quarantining people who you know have a dangerous disease for a few weeks until they're better, and quarantining the entire country for years because you're not sure who has a dangerous disease.
- pclmulqdq 2y agoTo be clear, they probably did have the legal power to quarantine the whole country, but after a week or so there might have been an armed revolt. Edit: Maybe they didn't.
- jandrewrogers 2y agoUnlikely, freedom of domestic travel is subject to the strict scrutiny Constitutional standard (international travel is a more open question). Banning freedom of travel for the entire country would be equivalent to banning freedom of speech for the entire country, from a Constitutional perspective. Interestingly, the myriad freedom of travel cases happened so long ago and were so decisively settled as a strong right that everyone has kind of forgotten about them because there is little interesting left to decide. Not as controversial as questions around the meaning of speech. But I think the last significant questions were addressed around the Second World War.