Mass Quarantines in the COVID-19 Crisis
An interview with Judge Andrew Napolitano
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In the COVID-19 crisis, the federal and state governments have invoked rarely used powers to quarantine, isolate, and generally restrict the movement of people into the U.S. and between and within the states. Whether confining sick and suspected sick individuals to a place or restricting travel, quarantine laws curtail individual rights in the interests of public health. When quarantine measures go too far that they potentially become arbitrary, oppressive or unreasonable, it raises serious constitutional questions. Judge Andrew Napolitano explores some of those constitutional concerns as part of TalksOnLaw’s COVID-19 series.
About Judge Andrew Napolitano
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Judge Andrew Napolitano is the Senior Judicial Analyst for Fox News Channel. Judge Napolitano sat on the Superior Court of New Jersey from 1987 to 1995. He was the youngest life-tenured Superior Court judge in the history of the State of New Jersey. He has taught constitutional law and jurisprudence at the Delaware Law School and Seton Hall Law School. Judge Napolitano is the author of seven books on the U.S. Constitution, two of which have been The New York Times best sellers. Judge Napolitano lectures nationally on the Constitution, the rule of law, civil liberties in wartime, and human freedom.
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