Post by Pete on Sept 3, 2021 13:20:11 GMT
The 14th was being discussed in a news segment I watched in regard to a topic other than that of my question.
Anyway, the 14th states, in part, the following:
"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law..."
The word in there that caught my attention was 'liberty' & the prohibited deprivation of that freedom. If one's liberty can't be taken away by a law, how then can a mandate accomplish that when in fact mandates are not laws?.
It seems to be then that the COVID mandates that restricted ones travel and/or confined folks to their homes violates the 14th since those did in fact limit ones liberty. That's my understanding & I don't know for sure if those mandates run afoul of the 14th.
Am I misunderstanding? If so, feel free to correct me.
Anyway, the 14th states, in part, the following:
"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law..."
The word in there that caught my attention was 'liberty' & the prohibited deprivation of that freedom. If one's liberty can't be taken away by a law, how then can a mandate accomplish that when in fact mandates are not laws?.
It seems to be then that the COVID mandates that restricted ones travel and/or confined folks to their homes violates the 14th since those did in fact limit ones liberty. That's my understanding & I don't know for sure if those mandates run afoul of the 14th.
Am I misunderstanding? If so, feel free to correct me.