Arkay
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I don't think the writer's of the constitution of the United States were considering a world wide pandemic.
This is a game changer at the moment.
Life and death situations, that could change (life as we know it) should not depend on a document written by people in 1777. We are in 2020 and facing a humanitarian crisis.
To stop it, we need to stay home. Let's stop this *** virus, and deal with our freedoms when it has passed. Imo.
The Constitution was written in 1789, but I know that's not the point.
There were a lot of things that the founders could not foresee, living in the 18th century while we live in the 21st. That's precisely why we have Constitutional Amendments.
The National Emergencies Act is a federal law, passed in 1976, that allows the President to activate emergency powers during a national crisis.
I agree 100% that we need to stay home. The president and the governors are abridging our normal freedoms (like to go outside and stand near someone, or the right to assembly) in order to keep us alive and to keep the hospitals functioning. It's like when men were drafted into war, even though so many didn't want to go. A national emergency takes precedence.
We are still a democratic republic. We still vote for our leaders, we still have freedom of speech and the press and to worship. We just can't assemble right now.