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Originally Posted by BleedingRed
Ok guess you missed the certain point part. Let me give you an example....
(Hypothetical example)
You live in a house with 10 people, the government says only 5 people per house and want to remove 5 people from your house. Legislators pass a law saying only 5 people per house to help slow the spread.
(Not hypothetical)
I do not support UNJUST or UNCONSTITUTIONAL laws. And enforcing any law that is unconstitutional is illegal BY LAW.
As we have seen courts are already ruling these governors are enacting UNCONSTITUTIONAL LAWS. Depriving people of liberty should always be disgusting to everyone, no matter how well intentioned the law is.
Due Process, Privacy, pursuit of happiness .... you know that kind of shit
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I'm sure there are some examples of certain orders being declared unconstitutional, although I don't have a list of them to see examples. I'm sure there are others that were upheld as well. But just because one ruling goes against one specific situation, cannot be extrapolated to all situations in order to justify "if you tell me what to do, you are oppressing my freedom"
Part of the issue here is that this government was purposely made to work very slowly in order to use checks and balances to make sure things remain fair, but obviously something like this pandemic is forcing everyone to make snap decisions based on the limited information they have at the time. The more time goes on, the more it will get worked out as things work through the system (and more information is available about what we are dealing with). But a single snapshot during a time when everyone is trying to adjust will not paint an accurate picture.