U.S. Supreme Court,
Government,
Constitutional Law
Apr. 21, 2020
Coronavirus and the Constitution: What powers do federal and state authorities have to fight a pandemic?
Quarantines, business shutdown orders, and stay-at-home orders may be effective weapons in the global fight against COVID-19, but such policies require immense government power and perhaps equally severe restrictions on freedoms we normally take for granted. With unprecedented measures being rolled out all over the country seemingly by the day, one might ask: What does the Constitution have to say about the coronavirus?
Jacob M. McIntosh
Appellate Fellow
Horvitz & Levy LLP
Jacob is part of Horvitz & Levy LLP's Appellate Fellowship Program and participates in a variety of projects including the drafting of briefs in the 9th Circuit, performing case-related legal research, and developing articles for publication.
Josh McDaniel
Associate
Horvitz & Levy LLP
Appellate Law
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UCLA Law School
Josh is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Horvitz & Levy LLP, a firm specializing in civil appeals. He helps to supervise Harvard Law School's Religious Freedom Clinic. The views expressed here are his own.
Quarantines, business shutdown orders, and stay-at-home orders may be effective weapons in the global fight against COVID-19, but such policies require immense government power and perhaps equally severe restrictions on freedoms we normally take for granted. With unprecedented measures being rolled out all over the country seemingly by the day, one might ask: What does the Constitution have to say about the coronavirus?
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