Government,
Constitutional Law,
Civil Rights
May 19, 2020
When public health and individual liberties collide
Individual liberties are not absolutes, and in emergencies citizens must defer to the collective good.
David A. Carrillo
Executive Director
California Constitution Center at Berkeley Law.
Email: carrillo@law.berkeley.edu
Quarantine orders can apply to churches.
Some churches have resisted California's quarantine orders, and have even sued the state for exemptions. Those claims should fail because the religious liberty guarantees in the federal and state constitutions do not require California to accommodate churches by allowing in-person religious services during the COVID-19 pandemic. The state can limit otherwise sacrosanct constitutional rights w...
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