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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWill Gov Newsom have to close CA borders if other
states or the whole country doesn't shut down?
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Will Gov Newsom have to close CA borders if other (Original Post)
BigmanPigman
Mar 2020
OP
But that freedom does not mean that areas ravaged by flood, fire or pestilence cannot be quarantined
PoliticAverse
Mar 2020
#4
California has agricultural checkpoints to avoid the intrusion of invasive species.
PoliticAverse
Mar 2020
#5
RandySF
(57,661 posts)1. Checkpoints are not a bad idea.
I went to China in the summer after the SARS epidemic and fever checkpoints were set up along highways at various points.
dalton99a
(81,091 posts)2. Probably unconstitutional
but the authority of a state to seal its borders has not been tested in court
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)4. But that freedom does not mean that areas ravaged by flood, fire or pestilence cannot be quarantined
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.
They have the right to regulate their borders in a medical emergency.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)5. California has agricultural checkpoints to avoid the intrusion of invasive species.
Dem2theMax
(9,595 posts)6. Can we use that to keep Trump and the GOP out?