[ml/nj]

Virginia’s emergency disaster law grants a Governor broad powers “to protect the public peace, health, and safety, and to preserve the lives and property and economic well-being of the people of the Commonwealth.”

Do these broad powers include the power to order the death and disposal of virus carriers?

ML/NJ

[Kaslin]

obviously

[P-Marlowe]

If the powers to take away our fundamental rights are as broad as these governors claim, then they have the power to shoot us for leaving our homes without a mask.

Constitutional limitations that limit fundamental rights must be narrowly tailored to address a compelling government interest. These “broad” powers must be applied as narrowly as possible. Most of these overbroad draconian orders are unecessary and clearly unconstitutional.