There are a lot of Fearpers on this forum that would answer that question by saying it's in the "emergency powers" act, as if some obscure act by a legislature trumps the fundamental rights guaranteed by the constitution.
Three cheers for Rebecca Bradley.
Trump needs to consider her for a high court appointment.
Emergency Powers of a Governor is not an “obscure act.” It has proven to be a necessity throughout the last 150 years, irrespective of its current application in some states. Most notably in the Riots of the 60s and early 70s, major storms, forest fires, etc.
The last thing that should be tossed aside in an emergency is the Constitution. It is what will save us in any emergency.
If a politically defined emergency is sufficient for the government to use FORCE to deny the people their God given rights, then the people have no rights. They have privileges bestowed upon them by government that can be take away on a bureaucrat’s whim.
I believe that most governors view this “crisis” not as a problem but as an opportunity.
What I see is a bunch of seat-of-the-pants decision making, followed by justifying that conclusion with a surplus of legal jargon, much of it nonsense, conclusory, or powerless platitudes.