外出制限は人権侵害だ、と。

米で外出制限の延長に違法判決　再開したバーに客
5/15(金)

CNNなどによりますと、ウィスコンシン州の最高裁判所は13日、州政府が外出制限を26日まで延長したことについて、保健当局のプロセスに問題があったなどとして違法との判断を示しました。

May 14, 2020
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Safer at Home Order Unconstitutional

Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled yesterday that Emergency Order 28, the current version of Wisconsin’s “Safer at Home” order, is “unlawful, invalid, and unenforceable” because the governor’s office exceeded its emergency rulemaking power. The court concluded that the order’s directions “confining all people to their homes, forbidding travel and closing businesses exceeded the statutory authority of” Wisconsin Department of Health and Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm. Accordingly, “there can be no criminal penalties for violations of [the] order.”

Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling overturning stay-at-home order highlights widening US debate on pandemic
Bart Jansen
USA TODAY

Elizabeth Goitein, who co-directs the Brennan Center for Justice’s Liberty and National Security Program, said there have been a number of lawsuits in states exploring how to balance public health orders against individual rights.


Traditionally, police powers such as protecting public health and safety take priority over individual rights when the government can demonstrate a compelling reason for restrictions, experts said.


The claims that people are making that their constitutional rights are being violated are not particularly strong, in my view,” Greenfield said. “That doesn’t mean they aren’t strong as a political or a cultural matter – they are quite strong as a cultural and political matter.

よくも悪くもアメリカ的だね。

法律的にいえば、やむにやまれぬ理由があれば、制限は合憲だが、これは、法律問題よりも政治的、文化的な問題である側面が強い、と。