By Douglas V. Gibbs
Author, Speaker, Instructor, Radio Host
Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution states, “No State shall … pass any … Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts.” That includes employment contracts.
California Constitutional-Election Law Attorney Attorney Mark Meuser, in explaining California’s State Constitution, while indicating that the State government authorities include broad powers during emergencies, none of the language in the State Constitution allows for a “community lock-down.”
Lastly, when I explain these constitutional principles, and that the principles of the Constitution are there to secure our natural rights, even during times of war or pestilence, my political opposition has responded, “The Founding Fathers could not have possibly seen the COVID-19 pandemic in the future, and in such desperate times we must remember that they said the Constitution must not be a suicide pact.”