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Justice Gorsuch slams COVID restrictions as “the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peace

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Justice Gorsuch slams COVID restrictions as “the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country”

In an unusual Statement appended to a procedural Order, he wrote: “Doubtless, many lessons can be learned from this chapter in our history, and hopefully serious efforts will be made to study it. One lesson might be this: Fear and the desire for safety are powerful forces.”

Posted by James Nault Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 06:00pm

On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court issued a brief Order in “the Title 42 Cases” vacating an Order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which will be explained in more detail below.  But what is interesting is a very unusual “Statement” authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch, alone, appended to that Order.
Procedural Context

“The Title 42 Cases” involve different federal courts issuing completely opposite orders each having nationwide effect and effectively causing legal mayhem in the immigration/COVID context.
The Title 42 Orders

When the COVID pandemic began in March 2020, executive branch officials issued “Title 42” orders severely restricting immigration to prevent the spread of COVID from immigrants to the U.S. population.  This continued until April 2022, when the CDC issued a Notice in the Federal Register indicating that the immigration restrictions were no longer necessary to prevent the spread of COVID, and setting May 23, 2022 as the official date COVID-related immigration restrictions would terminate.

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https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/05/justice-gorsuch-slams-covid-restrictions-as-the-greatest-intrusions-on-civil-liberties-in-the-peacetime-history-of-this-country/

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