When American mayors, governors and others wanted their populations to submit to COVID-19 lockdown and other orders, they were faced with what they perceived as an obstacle: those individuals who simply would not follow orders.Now, in the state of New York, a proposal is being prepared for lawmakers to consider that would resolve that dispute.A plan prefiled for the coming legislature would allow authorities to simply determine who they wanted locked up – and then lock them up.The idea, cast as a "public health law," is being prepared for the 2021-2022 legislature.It would allow the governor or his appointee to...