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 Alito warns coronavirus restrictions shouldn’t outlast the pandemic
Published: Nov. 13, 2020 at 12:10 a.m. ET
By Associated Press
 
Supreme Court justice notes ‘previously unimaginable restrictions on individual liberty’
 

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Thursday sounded an alarm about restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic, saying they shouldn’t become a “recurring feature after the pandemic has passed.”

“The pandemic has resulted in previously unimaginable restrictions on individual liberty,” Alito said in an address to the conservative Federalist Society, which is holding its annual convention virtually because of the pandemic.

Alito noted that he was “not diminishing the severity of the virus’ threat to public health” or saying anything about “whether any of these restrictions represent good public policy.” He cautioned against his words being “twisted or misunderstood.”

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/alito-warns-coronavirus-restrictions-shouldnt-outlast-the-pandemic-01605244237?__s=8wrwmrluetijm3dxgpyc