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  • The Federal Convention and the States’ Police Power

    04/27/2020 2:28:50 AM PDT · by Jacquerie · 3 replies
    ArticleVBlog ^ | April 27th 2020 | Rodney Dodsworth
    The police power, aka internal police, is the capacity of the states to regulate behavior and enforce order for the betterment of the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of their citizens. As for public emergencies, statutes define the extent of police/executive authority and the public purposes they serve. While “police” isn’t found in the US Constitution, this power is natural to state sovereignty and predates the Constitution. As is happening all across the country, we can and should publicly debate, argue and demonstrate at state capitols over the many excessive, counter-productive and Pyrrhic measures against the CCP virus. In...