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The funny thing about quarantine is that it’s definitely not constitutional and I really am not sure how Americans in general will respond. Not to be funny but people don’t. Have Rights in other countries in the way that we do because their governments weren’t designed around a document specifically intended to limit the size, function, and reach of government. In big cities where liberals are already cool with giving up rights for the collective good, that’s one thing. Anywhere else? We shall see! Our whole government rn is basically unconstitutional so fuck it right?

iirc certain constitutional limits to governmental overreach are lifted during declared States of Emergency, which is why Japanese-American internment camps weren’t technically illegal…

They were illegal though. The constitution doesn’t have the word “emergency” in it one time- I actually just went to go look because I genuinely wasn’t sure. It is very clear that the federal government has no powers except those explicitly outlined in the document. We just accept all kinds of things as constitutionally founded (some good things, some bad things) that really are not because of our obsession with the constitution as a document.

I think it depends on whether you believe the constitution is the only document that informs laws in the US. I mean, the supreme court was established in order to determine the legality of things not expressly stated in the constitution. ntm the constitution itself is a living document that can be amended…

I’m seriously hoping @butchcommunist ’s argument won’t be found and used by absolute morons because otherwise, I can see a tidal wave of potentially infected Muh-constitutional-rights in the near future.

Europeans have their fair share of absolute dumbasses, but add the US and people who have a legal right to put everyone else in danger? That’s just bad news.

I wouldn’t worry because @butchcommunist (and most of America tbh) does not understand anything about Constitutional Law. I was going to dust of my ConLaw texts and cite case law but thank goodness for YouTube lawyers already doing the work for me.

Legal and constitutional are not the same question but to be clear here. I hate America and its constitution anyway and want to be clear on that.