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Re:The San Francisco Bay Area shelter-in-place order is bein... by wpietri on Monday April 27, 2020 @07:29PM (#23001447)
If you're really interested in the topic, the podcast "All the President's Lawyers" discussed that this week. But in short, you can't read a couple of sentences from the constitution literally and expect that to override a couple hundred years of judicial interpretation.

Regarding the first amendment in particular, one relevant area of law is "time, place, and manner". E.g., just because you have free speech doesn't mean that you can go outside at 3 am with a bullhorn and start ranting; the cops can rightly cite or arrest you. More here: https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1023/time-place...

Re:The San Francisco Bay Area shelter-in-place order is bein... by cabaalis on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @01:59PM (#23009838)
Thank you, this was very helpful. Also glad to see a link to my alma mater.