Where did States gain the power to enforce public health related laws? Citizens formed government and delegated to it some of our individual rights partly as a convenience to provide for things like self defense. In Railroad Co. v. Husen, 95 U.S. 465 (1877) SCOTUS extends the INDIVIDUAL right of self defense to a general state police pow…
Where did States gain the power to enforce public health related laws? Citizens formed government and delegated to it some of our individual rights partly as a convenience to provide for things like self defense. In Railroad Co. v. Husen, 95 U.S. 465 (1877) SCOTUS extends the INDIVIDUAL right of self defense to a general state police power where “persons and property are subjected to all kinds of restraints and burdens, in order to secure the general comfort, health, and prosperity of the State; of the perfect right of the legislature to do which no question ever was, or upon acknowledged general principles ever can be made, so far as natural persons are concerned.” Translation: the State can do what no individual can. The State can forcibly vaccinate you.
Where did States gain the power to enforce public health related laws? Citizens formed government and delegated to it some of our individual rights partly as a convenience to provide for things like self defense. In Railroad Co. v. Husen, 95 U.S. 465 (1877) SCOTUS extends the INDIVIDUAL right of self defense to a general state police power where “persons and property are subjected to all kinds of restraints and burdens, in order to secure the general comfort, health, and prosperity of the State; of the perfect right of the legislature to do which no question ever was, or upon acknowledged general principles ever can be made, so far as natural persons are concerned.” Translation: the State can do what no individual can. The State can forcibly vaccinate you.