The idea that some two-bit Hitler governor or mayor can give himself absolute power by simply unilaterally declaring a state of emergency has to be the biggest con perpetrated on us.
Would you prefer a top-down one-size-fits-all approach from the FedGov? IMO Trump is right to delegate this to states and cities.We can demand a federal response or we can follow the Tenth Amendment and leave it up to the governors and mayors to decide on a policy that best meets state and local needs. What we cannot do is assign responsibility for containing the virus to the governors and mayors and then complain when they do just that.
“Would you prefer a top-down one-size-fits-all approach from the FedGov?”
Is that the only other choice??
How about this instead.
A mayor, governor or president gets to unilaterally declare a state of emergency for a short period of time, say a week.
After that he has to get permission from the respective jurisdiction legislature to continue it for another agreed to period of time, which can be revisited by the legislature as things change.
The judiciary can also become involved as was done in this case.
I simply don’t like the idea of a single person solely on their own grabbing such unlimited powers.