They threatened to fire noncompliant employees and warned that service members who refused to vaccinate might face dishonorable discharge and confinement. “They used a workplace-safety agency to issue a vaccination mandate for most working Americans. Gorsuch also decried how authorities seemed to target churches during the pandemic, saying that “they surveilled church parking lots, recorded license plates, and issued notices warning that attendance at even outdoor services satisfying all state social-distancing and hygiene requirements could amount to criminal conduct.”įederal executive authorities also violated Americans’ fundamental freedoms, Gorsuch said. They threatened violators not just with civil penalties but with criminal sanctions, too.” They closed churches even as they allowed casinos and other favored businesses to carry on. They shuttered businesses and schools, public and private. “Governors and local leaders imposed lockdown orders forcing people to remain in their homes. “Executive officials across the country issued emergency decrees on a breathtaking scale,” Gorsuch wrote. Unfettered, and sometimes even assisted by legislative and judicial authorities, both local and executive leaders across the country struck at Americans’ fundamental freedoms, Gorsuch said. “I do not discount the States’ concerns about what is happening at the border, but the current border crisis is not a COVID crisis,” Gorsuch said, adding that the court’s December 2022 decision to extend Title 42 was a “serious misstep” because it prolonged “an emergency decree designed for one crisis in order to address an entirely different one.”Įxtending Title 42, Gorsuch argued, made the Supreme Court complicit in a major “disruption” begun during the COVID pandemic in “how our laws are made and our freedoms observed.” In his statement, Gorsuch criticized states’ efforts to extend Title 42 despite the COVID emergency officially ending this month. Mayorkas to deny certain states’ appeal to continue Title 42 restrictions on immigration, a decision with which he agreed. Gorsuch, a Trump nominee, issued his statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Arizona v. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch blasted the COVID-19 emergency orders and lockdowns, calling them possibly “the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country,” in a rare personal statement issued May 18. Markwayne Mullin sparks laughter with ‘I don’t want. US takes ‘countermeasures’ against Russia’s violations of nuclear treaty In Ukraine, Russia is nearly down to its nukes ĭeSantis looks to peel off evangelical vote from Trump ‘Your speech is violence’: the left’s new mantra to justify campus. Senate passes measure to halt Biden’s student debt forgiveness īiden ‘misunderestimated’ Kevin McCarthy, and it led to a major. NH Republican flips endorsement from Trump to DeSantis, citing criticism of Fox. Political winners and losers from the debt ceiling drama Ketanji Brown Jackson issues solo dissent in ruling against Teamsters strikeīiden falls on stage during Air Force graduation ceremonyĭeSantis shouts down heckler at South Carolina rally US military has been observing ‘metallic orbs’ making extraordinary. McCarthy impresses Senate GOP with surprise wins in debt ceiling battle New evidence in Trump case bolsters two sets of chargesįederal judge rules Tennessee restrictions on drag shows unconstitutional This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The District’s stay-at-home order was previously slated to expire May 15. The data also provides insights into the health care system’s hospital capacity, reporting the current occupancy is at 76 percent but has been at less than 80 percent occupancy for the past 15 days. The data keeps records of the city’s daily coronavirus case reports since April 29, with Bowser saying during a press briefing that “We’re not there yet and not quite ready to begin that phased new opening.” ĭespite Ingraham’s claims that Bowser’s decision to extend D.C.’s lockdown was not backed by data, the mayor released a 15-page update about the coronavirus outbreak in the city, citing multiple slides of data provided by The DC Department of Health.īowser said Wednesday that the city is waiting for a 14-day consecutive decline in virus case reports before starting the reopening phase, adding that the record so far is a four-day decline. And they want statehood? These decisions are NOT data-driven. Horrific leadership in DC at the local level. “And they want statehood? These decisions are NOT data-driven. “Horrific leadership in DC at the local level,” Ingraham tweeted. Fox News host Laura Ingraham bashed Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser’s (D) decision on Wednesday to extend the District’s stay-at-home order until June 8.
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