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Quarantines are constitutional, but constitutional protections apply (Constitution news round-up)

2/19/2020

 
Quarantines are constitutional, but constitutional protections apply: “must use the least restrictive means consistent with medical guidance, and the government must have good reason to believe you’ve been exposed.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/coronavirus-quarantine-america-could-be-giant-legal-mess/606595/

14A privacy rights must yield to school district transgender bathroom/locker room policy (9th Circuit)
http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2020/02/12/18-35708.pdf

Amendments: House votes to remove ratification deadline for ERA
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/13/805647054/house-votes-to-revive-equal-rights-amendment-removing-ratification-deadline

Religious Freedom Restoration Act interpreted to shield activist who leave food and water for illegal immigrants
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/17/religious-freedom-restoration-act-helps-immigrant-/

Free Expression: Mark Zuckerberg again asks for regulations on social media to preserve free speech (‘somewhere between a publisher and a pipeline’) before China’s anti-democratic vision of the Internet holds sway. (Hmm.... should we take this at face value?)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/zuckerberg-seeks-regulations-for-social-media-to-preserve-free-speech_3241253.html

Contracts Clause, etc.: federal judge upholds California’s ‘gig economy’ law making it difficult for employers to classify workers as independent contractors instead of employees with benefits
https://www.jurist.org/news/2020/02/federal-judge-rejects-uber-and-postmates-request-to-stop-california-independent-contractor-law/

1A: Ohio state senate votes to ban free speech zones that limit speech on campus
https://www.theepochtimes.com/ohio-state-senate-would-ban-free-speech-zones-on-campus-professors-object_3237781.html
 
Free Expression: Trudeau minister announces all Canadian news websites must now get a government license
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/here-we-go-trudeau-minister-all-news-websites-must-get-a-government-license-for-approved-content/
 
2A: Florida officials mistakenly seize veteran’s guns in Red Flag law foul-up
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/government-officials-seize-veterans-guns-in-mistaken-identification-in-red-flag-law-execution/
 
4A: 9th Circuit to hear case of police officer in state that has legalized marijuana justifying car search on fact marijuana still illegal under federal law
https://reason.com/2020/02/17/can-a-state-police-officer-search-a-car-based-on-probable-cause-of-a-federal-marijuana-crime/
 
Art V: If states can’t rescind ERA ratification, the consequence might be that we will have an Article V convention on the Balanced Budget Amendment
https://reason.com/2020/02/11/the-ratification-of-the-equal-rights-amendment-could-lead-to-an-article-v-constitutional-convention/
 
Kudos! - Black activists launch ‘1776 Project’ to counter NYT’s ‘lethal’ ‘1619 Project’ which tells blacks they are victims and still can’t get anywhere because of slavery
https://freebeacon.com/issues/new-1776-project-aims-to-counter-lethal-narrative-of-1619-project/

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