Constitutional Rights in a Pandemic

Legal Planet: Environmental Law and Policy 2020-07-15

Summary:

Lockdowns and social distancing impinge on activities that are protected by the Constitution. That’s been true in many states of church services and in some states of abortion. When the cases have come before they courts, they have often turned to a 1905 Supreme Court case decision, Jacobson v. Massachusetts, which upheld a state law …

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Authors:

Dan Farber

Date tagged:

07/15/2020, 12:33

Date published:

07/15/2020, 10:45