Governor Northam has ordered local businesses to stay closed through May 8. He is operating under authority that he believes he has under Virginia law. 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.” Governor Northam, like many other leftist authoritarian governors, used his emergency powers to shut down businesses in his state in order to “save” people from coronavirus. Did he act within his powers? Coronavirus, as of April 15, resulted in 195 deaths and...