Re:Italy's Coronavirus Lockdown Tests the Limits of Democracy
by leggomylibro on Monday March 09, 2020 @03:15PM
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>The constitution explicitly carves out allowances for quarantines.
Where? I could be missing something, but I don't see that:
The closest I could find was the part that grants Congress the power to pass any law that it wants, but I don't think that the executive arm could unilaterally lock down interstate travel. It also says:
>The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
We are citizens of the United States, not of one state in particular. We pull together, or we fall apart.
Re:Italy's Coronavirus Lockdown Tests the Limits of Democracy
by kettro on Monday March 09, 2020 @03:45PM
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Gibbons v Ogden (1824) — states may pass quarantine laws under the interstate commerce clause.
Re:Italy's Coronavirus Lockdown Tests the Limits of Democracy
by leggomylibro on Monday March 09, 2020 @03:50PM
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That sounds like it involves the legislature passing a law, not an executive decision.
Re:Italy's Coronavirus Lockdown Tests the Limits of Democracy
by shadowgovt on Monday March 09, 2020 @03:02PM
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... but roving armed police cruisers are, obviously, a good start to such enforcement, and most American towns already know how to do that.
You're wrong. The constitution explicitly carves out allowances for quarantines.
A "nobody is allowed to leave their homes starting now" type order would obviously be practically impossible to enforce, but that's a different matter.