Constitution Has Answers for Balancing Health and Liberties Amid COVID-19, Experts Say

Constitution Has Answers for Balancing Health and Liberties Amid COVID-19, Experts Say
Three experts in the areas of constitutional law, environmental law and public health write in a new essay that one of America ' s founding documents provides the framework for finding common ground to fight COVID-19.
Kyle Mittan
Today
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[e-mail] COVID-19 affects every aspect of American life, it has also emerged as a politically polarizing issue, and measures to mitigate the disease ' s spread have brought about debates on balancing public health and civil liberty.Three University of Arizona experts weighed in on how norms and values defined in the U.S. Constitution could guide pandemic-related law and policy. A working draft of theiressay was released on the Social Science Research Network in late June as part ofArizona Legal Studies, a series of working papers by faculty and students in theJames E. Rogers College of Law.The paper will later be submitted for journal publication.The paper was authored by Regents Professor of LawToni Massar...

Source: The University of Arizona: Health - July 29, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mittank Source Type: research