“I do think the state has put forth some authority that during a state of emergency, the executive powers are in effect and that they are empowered to provide for emergency remedies which may infringe on fundamental constitutional rights,” Bernal said. [More]The right against self-incrimination, the right against cruel and unusual punishment, y'know, sometimes a totalitarian's gotta do what a totalitarian's gotta do...
Fortunately, the State of California is making sure some rights remain uninfringed...
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"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human liberty; it is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
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They that would exchange ESSENTIAL Liberty for Public Health deserve neither.
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