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To: MichCapCon

“One constitutional expert said cities are within their rights to ban travel on city streets during emergencies.”

But what’s an emergency? I’ve seen such “emergencies” declared for what is typical weather, i.e., the type of snow storm you get EVERY year.

“Driving is not a right, it is a privilege.

But we do have freedom of movement. The more states abuse the “emergency” declaration, I think this will be heading to court.


8 posted on 01/16/2014 6:31:15 AM PST by fruser1
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To: fruser1

” I’ve seen such “emergencies” declared for what is typical weather”

And the Global Warming crowd is trying to train us into thinking that ANY storm is an extreme emergency (like taking a non-hurricane and calling it a SuperStorm).

Nice how these two collectivist threads weave together- all weather is an emergency, and government has special, extra-constitutional power in an emergency.


13 posted on 01/16/2014 6:58:00 AM PST by DBrow
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