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TopicFlorida pastor arrested for following the First Amendment
dainkinkaide
03/31/20 4:58:49 PM
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Mr Hangman posted...
These quarantine orders are all on very shaky ground legally. It might not be challenged in court because most people will follow them voluntarily, and if it is challenged it might simply be dropped once the orders are lifted. But if it goes on for any length of time, there will be serious questions about the civil rights ramifications and what constitutional authority, if any, these orders are derived from.
Jacobson v. Massachusetts (1905).

Admittedly, this case was regarding whether or not it violated the Constitution to require people to get vaccinated against smallpox by force of law during the smallpox epidemic, but Justice Harlan and 6 other SCOTUS Justices came to the conclusion that it fell well within a state's police powers to use reasonable regulations regarding restraints on Constitutional rights to protect public health in the face of an epidemic.

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