Offer Me Liberty or Give Me Safety? Constitutional Considera…
The COVID-19 crisis has altered the lives of all Americans. With mandated social-distancing, restrictions on in-person praise and church services, closures of many non-essential companies in the domestic economy, and constraints on travel overseas and in between states, some wonder what provides the government the capability to restrict our private liberty and when it must stop.
Is the Constitution simply a parchment barrier in times of crisis? Or are these short constraints on liberty beneficial and required in around the world pandemic? Join us for a discussion with 2 constitutional law specialists, Harmeet Dhillon and Eugene Volokh, as they dispute how to strike the best balance of liberty and security during the present pandemic.
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