Op-ed:
The
Constitution, President Trump, and COVID-19
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side
Patriots on Right Side Patriots Radio
The CDC called our country's shutdown a rightful and legitimate
response to the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic, but I say no matter its
legitimacy or not that it has now reached the point where “We
the People” should call what said response really was, and
still is to some degree, as in forced upon us undeclared martial law.
How so...because a dangerous legal precedent has now been set what
with governors, county mayors, and even local city officials not only
thinking that their will supercedes both the Constitution and federal
law, but actually are taking steps to make it appear so.
Now add in how said response...as in the originally issued “shut
it all down” federal
mandate...led to the still ongoing questioning as to
what are and are not legally given presidential powers during a time
of national crisis, along with how decisions made negatively impacted
not only our country's economy but “We the People's”
constitutional rights and what's considered to be American
societal norms. And lest we forget that during this “shut it all
down,” “stay-at-home” time...a time where if you dared
venture out you best be wearing both a mask and disposable gloves
lest you be publicly shunned or worse, as in being denied entrance
into what are public venues...also remember that the government
itself basically was and still is non-functioning what with Congress,
the Supreme Court, and the criminal justice system being shutdown as
well.
And by the way...all these government folks continue to receive
their just raised paychecks while most of America's workforce have no
jobs to go to as both private and public businesses...as both large
and small businesses...were forced to close their doors, thus
rendering the employer and the employees true victims of COVID-19's
economic fallout.
So even while some businesses are starting to slowly reopen as
some states finally begin relaxing their “stay-at-home”
restrictions, those reopening businesses have been told they must
follow the social distancing rules or they will again be forced to
shut down. And all this is happening while the Democrats continue to
jump for joy as their hoped for new American norm continues to take
shape...a norm where Big Brother has not only been sanctioned to
watch where you go and who you see, but actually now has started
dictating what you can and cannot do, and where specifically you can
and cannot go.
And for the most part “We the People” are left to sit
idly by as we watch our constitutionally given freedoms and rights
simply eroding away. And for some folks in major American cities it's
even worse as they are being told by their local powers that be
to “rat out” their neighbors if they are seen or caught
breaking the still in effect social distancing rules. It's for the
betterment of the whole they're being told just as the rest of us are
being told that America's new poling places might well become either
the U.S. mailbox or easily hacked into and manipulated vote-on-line
internet sites...that is if Nancy Pelosi and her ilk have their way.
And all this, we're collectively told, is being done in the name
of protecting the American public's health and safety...but we're not
being told that by our president but by governors and local mayors
who think they have the power to hold sway not only over the
president of these United States but over the entirety of their
state's population as well. And this led President Trump to declare
but a few weeks ago that he, not the governors, has the “ultimate
authority” to roll back restrictions currently in place.
So who is right here, our president or the governors as both
parties have indeed infringed upon “We the People's” civil
liberties and freedoms but with a key difference...as in President
Trump is trying to protect us while certain governors are trying to
control us...permanently they hope. And that leaves two critical
questions with the first being about motives, and with the second
deciding whether either party involved can actually be accused of
abuse of the emergency powers that both the Constitution and laws
passed have given to them.
Yet the answers as they relate specifically to COVID-19 are
a bit ambiguous in nature even with both the 1976 National
Emergencies Act, Sections 201 and 301, as well as The
Enumerated Emergency Powers of the Executive Branch clearly
stating that it gives “power to the executive branch of
government to preserve order and insure the public safety in times
of emergency, when other branches of the government are unable to
function, or the functioning would itself threaten the public
safety.” And it's here where President Trump, as the head of
the executive branch, is given the right to do all that he did
especially when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi single-handily shut the
House down rendering “the government unable to function.”
And while Article 10 of the U.S. Constitution, as in the
“commerce clause,” does allow Congress to respond to a
public health crisis that affects “interstate trade” as
well as to regulate international borders, what specifically
happens inside the states themselves still falls under the auspices
of each state's governor.
Truly a “damned if
you do, damned if you don't” scenario I'd say.
But even while governors legally do have emergency powers to
regulate public safety and health through their state's constitutions
as well as through legal precedent already set, it's the 10th
Amendment itself which clearly states that: “Powers not
delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor
prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States
respectively, or to the people.” And it's the very words “or
to the people” which affords
folks across this great country the right to gather together to take
matters into their own hands, so to speak, and they're doing so via
peaceful protests...protests that as they grow in numbers will
hopefully help in stopping their states respective governors from
putting their newest overtly partisan restrictions into place.
And while these protests are, as expected, being negatively
portrayed in the media, these folks are allowed to gather together
whether the governors like it or not. And what gives them the right
to do so...actually the 10th Amendment's “privileges and
immunities” clause does as it's the very clause that
automatically kicks in if any governor goes so far as to restrict
their citizen's movements between states. And the “stay-at-home”
and social distancing restrictions dictate they do so, while also
violating our right to assemble...as in our right to hold public
meetings or gatherings...as well as our right to form “free
association” without interference by the government...both
rights guaranteed us by the First Amendment.
Now let's throw in our all-important right to privacy, a right
guaranteed us under the Fourth Amendment, which too could soon be
violated. How so? Unbeknownst to most, it seems that a facial
recognition system designed by a company called Clearview AI is
reportedly in discussions with both federal and state agencies to
help with “contact tracing” of people infected with
COVID-19. In fact, federal authorities and the governors of three
states have already contacted said company in regards to their using
the company’s technology as part of their coronavirus mitigation
efforts...translation: as in gaining control over certain segments of
the population via their continued tracking of anyone who tests
positive for COVID-19, or any other deemed contagious disease, along
with folks who may have crossed paths with them. And this is being
done without even knowing if “contact tracing” does or
does not help slow down the spread of COVID-19.
So while Clearview AI has convinced some that “contact
tracing” is key to safely reopening our economy, what most
don't realize is that this means having to share our personal
information with both federal agencies and a privately owned company,
a clear violation of “We the People's” constitutionally
given right to privacy, as this would become yet another tool in the
Big Brother is watching you...watching us...arsenal...a most
unacceptable scenario.
So knowing this, just where exactly do “We the People” stand
in regards to the two previously posed questions, especially
regarding President Trump? While blue state governors keep trying to
flex their partisan muscles to make it appear that President Trump
overstepped his bounds, thankfully most of said governors bravado is
for show as President Trump does indeed have the ultimate authority
when it comes to COVID-19. And why...because the president, by law,
is given the power to both declare and rescind national emergency
orders something no one, not even governors, can do...they can only
suggest or discuss which way to go, but the decision remains with the
president alone. And besides, Trump always sees the big
picture not just what individual states or their governors need or
want.
But here is where some foibles do arise even during this time of
medical crisis, and it comes in the guise of partisan politics again
taking center stage. One case in point can be seen in the Nancy
Pelosi ruled House holding up much needed stimulus monies that were
designated to go to small businesses. Another way can be seen in
those who were advising or should I say ill-advising President Trump
on the logistics of the virus itself...many being Obama loyal
Democrat party shills...with Dr. Anthony Fauci leading that
particular crowd. And then there's the CDC itself who padded both the
infected numbers as well as the all-important death count numbers by
adding those who died “with COVID-19 but not of COVID-19”
into the mix. And all was done to build up and weaponize emotions
against this president what with the November election now looming
large.
And much to left's chagrin, President Trump has been on the right
side in this what really was and should remain a temporary medical
crisis alone. And that surely includes Trump's decision to temporarily close
down the economy for he knows well that America will come back bigger and
stronger than ever. And how does he know...because first and foremost
Donald J. Trump is a smart businessman... a businessman who knows that
the U.S. economy, as are all nation's economies, is basically just a
business and that all businesses run through both high and low
cycles. And while with the powers afforded him as president, Trump
could have called for the nationalization and distribution of all key
resources as well as designating a single all-powerful federal agency
to coordinate everything COVID-19 related, he did no such thing for
he knew that to do so would have hurt the economy and thus “We
the People” even more seriously and for a longer period of time
than this virus from China already has.
So where do we as a country go from here? First, the economy must
be fully reopened with the overreaching, self-serving, partisan
governors learning who is and who isn't boss when it comes to the
health, safety, and welfare of the American people. Second, those who
deliberately padded COVID-19's numbers must be called to task for the
unnecessary panic they created...a panic that will linger in
America's consciousness for many years to come. Third, Dr. Anthony Fauci and
crew who lied about the dangers COVID-19 posed to the general public
must be immediately removed from their positions for what they did
was practice voo-doo medicine of the very worst kind.
And lastly but
actually most importantly, America needs to get back to work, all
businesses need to be reopened, and “We the People” must
get our lives back...lives where we are free to go where we want, do
what we want, when we want to do so for what happened to our country
over these past few months has truly set the dangerous precedent of
allowing total governmental control over our lives, and that is
something that we as Americans must never allow to happen
again...our very freedom depends on it. Case closed.
Copyright @ 2020 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All Rights Reserved.
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