Justice Neil Gorsuch Speaks Out Against Lockdowns and Mandates, by Brownstone Institute

Justice Gorsuch has a quaint notion that the Constitution is not just a historical curiosity. From Brownstone Institute at brownstone.org:

In a statement made today on a case concerning Title 42, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch breaks the painful silence on the topic of lockdowns and mandates, and presents the truth with startling clarity. Importantly, this statement from the Supreme Court comes as so many other agencies, intellectuals, and journalists are in flat-out denial of what happened to the country. 

[T]he history of this case illustrates the disruption we have experienced over the last three years in how our laws are made and our freedoms observed.

Since March 2020, we may have experienced the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country. Executive officials across the country issued emergency decrees on a breathtaking scale. Governors and local leaders imposed lockdown orders forcing people to remain in their homes.

They shuttered businesses and schools public and private. They closed churches even as they allowed casinos and other favored businesses to carry on. They threatened violators not just with civil penalties but with criminal sanctions too.

They surveilled church parking lots, recorded license plates, and issued notices warning that attendance at even outdoor services satisfying all state social-distancing and hygiene requirements could amount to criminal conduct. They divided cities and neighborhoods into color-coded zones, forced individuals to fight for their freedoms in court on emergency timetables, and then changed their color-coded schemes when defeat in court seemed imminent.

Federal executive officials entered the act too. Not just with emergency immigration decrees. They deployed a public-health agency to regulate landlord-tenant relations nationwide.They used a workplace-safety agency to issue a vaccination mandate for most working Americans.

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2 responses to “Justice Neil Gorsuch Speaks Out Against Lockdowns and Mandates, by Brownstone Institute

  1. Thank you for posting this. It is well worth reading.

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  2. The Ballad of Evel Knievel

    Something Trump did right was the SCOTUS appointments.
    Fifteen days to flatten the curve of freedom and some of us shook our heads and face palmed as the hive ran right off the cliff edge.
    We can fortify as well and be ready for the next plandemic LARP.

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