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Will Gov Newsom have to close CA borders if other (Original Post) BigmanPigman Mar 2020 OP
Checkpoints are not a bad idea. RandySF Mar 2020 #1
Probably unconstitutional dalton99a Mar 2020 #2
But that freedom does not mean that areas ravaged by flood, fire or pestilence cannot be quarantined PoliticAverse Mar 2020 #4
States have the right to setup agricultural checkpoints. roamer65 Mar 2020 #3
California has agricultural checkpoints to avoid the intrusion of invasive species. PoliticAverse Mar 2020 #5
Can we use that to keep Trump and the GOP out? Dem2theMax Mar 2020 #6

RandySF

(57,661 posts)
1. Checkpoints are not a bad idea.
Fri Mar 20, 2020, 01:10 AM
Mar 2020

I went to China in the summer after the SARS epidemic and fever checkpoints were set up along highways at various points.

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)
4. But that freedom does not mean that areas ravaged by flood, fire or pestilence cannot be quarantined
Fri Mar 20, 2020, 01:42 AM
Mar 2020
But that freedom does not mean that areas ravaged by flood, fire or pestilence cannot be quarantined when it can be demonstrated that unlimited travel to the area would directly and materially interfere with the safety and welfare of the area or the Nation as a whole.”

Zemel v. Rusk, US Supreme Court (1965):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zemel_v._Rusk
http://cdn.loc.gov/service/ll/usrep/usrep381/usrep381001/usrep381001.pdf

roamer65

(36,739 posts)
3. States have the right to setup agricultural checkpoints.
Fri Mar 20, 2020, 01:42 AM
Mar 2020

They have the right to regulate their borders in a medical emergency.

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