State governors have tremendous power during health emergencies. You really wouldn’t want them not to. You can argue if this is a real health emergency or not, but the governor gets to make the call. This may be a once-in-a-lifetime event, but for the rest of our lives we’ll take our votes for our state’s governor a bit more seriously.
I think we are going to need to seriously visit this topic when this crisis is over.
What “emergency powers” should anyone in government possess”
350 million Americans locked in their homes indefinitely? What if this lasts 3 months? What if there is a 2nd wave as some are predicting and last lasts 3 months? What if this happens every year? Do we start issuing this order every flu season to stop influenza as well? So far it’s killed far more than corona.
If it’s constitutional to ban you from leaving your home during an emergency is it also constitutional to do so when there isn’t an emergency?