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32. What kind of lawyer would you be?

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 12:05 AM

Mar 2020

That would be “one who understands the constitution”... as opposed to whatever your specialty actually is.

Court precedent going back about two centuries recognizes that the states have the power to pass laws regarding quarantines (Marshall’s unanimous Gibbons v. Ogden comes to mind). RI has such a law and vests the governor with the necessary powers. They are not made up emergency powers, nor are they sweeping and unlimited.

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Rhode Island Police to Hunt Down New Yorkers Seeking Refuge [View all] left-of-center2012 Mar 2020 OP

Please excuse, but I wanna laugh! elleng Mar 2020 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author elleng Mar 2020 #2

This is where we are. People being hunted. Its like a zombie apocalypse tulipsandroses Mar 2020 #3

At first I thought this article was satire. Mrs. Overall Mar 2020 #4

I grew up in RI and it's different to gldstwmn Mar 2020 #5

No one is saying they can't come here Marrah_Goodman Mar 2020 #14

My bad. I thought she was considering gldstwmn Mar 2020 #17

A friend lives in rural NY and has a 90-year old mother with Alzheimer's in RI. nilram Mar 2020 #26

That is non essential travel and she should be staying home ripcord Mar 2020 #42

The issue isn't "travel," the issue is contact with others. nilram Mar 2020 #45

You said she commutes weekly to see her ripcord Mar 2020 #46

Yeah and what if it's a rental car that happens to have New York plates? 47of74 Mar 2020 #6

If your license is from a state other than NY, you're good. paleotn Mar 2020 #9

Good Blues Heron Mar 2020 #7

That is really creepy PatSeg Mar 2020 #8

But necessary to arrest the spread. paleotn Mar 2020 #10

Yeah 47of74 Mar 2020 #12

I remember PatSeg Mar 2020 #18

I am always going to be a hard ass about emergency powers. 47of74 Mar 2020 #20

There is always going to have to be a balance between The Mouth Mar 2020 #28

STATEMENT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE: "Anyone who has left New York should self-quarantine." bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #11

The title is a bit dramatic Marrah_Goodman Mar 2020 #13

The "hunting down" is just officials getting their contact information left-of-center2012 Mar 2020 #15

Yup Marrah_Goodman Mar 2020 #16

And when my front door comes crashing in to a National Guard boot 47of74 Mar 2020 #19

Let me fix that for you Marrah_Goodman Mar 2020 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author 47of74 Mar 2020 #23

I think we will never agree on this Marrah_Goodman Mar 2020 #24

What kind of lawyer would you be? FBaggins Mar 2020 #32

Thank You bubbazero Mar 2020 #37

Rhode Island better remember where West Point is located Renew Deal Mar 2020 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Karma13612 Mar 2020 #30

We need rewards and bounty hunters. rickford66 Mar 2020 #25

Well, Northern NY Karma13612 Mar 2020 #27

Liberty is dying right in front of us. NutmegYankee Mar 2020 #29

Escape from New York..... Bayard Mar 2020 #31

exactly Demovictory9 Mar 2020 #34

reminds me of Katrina - when some cities and states blocked their borders Demovictory9 Mar 2020 #33

National Guard troops banging on doors, harassment, fines, jail maybe for crossing state lines? Jack-o-Lantern Mar 2020 #35

Yeah 47of74 Mar 2020 #38

And too many people cheering it on. EllieBC Mar 2020 #43

A lot of people don't understand you cannot unring a bell 47of74 Mar 2020 #44

A friend of mine in Paris was fined 175 Euro Thunderbeast Mar 2020 #36

taiwan will fine up to 30k usd catsudon Mar 2020 #39

This was on CNN Kathy M Mar 2020 #40

We have a snitch line up here. EllieBC Mar 2020 #41