Commerce Clause

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The Federal Government Probably Can’t Order Statewide Quarantines
Maryam Jamshidi
Maryam Jamshidi is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Florida, Levin College of Law.

For helpful comments and conversations, thanks to Paul McGovern, Scott Skinner-Thompson, and Ehsan Zaffar. Many thanks, as well, to the editors of the University of Chicago Law Review for their thoughtful revisions and suggestions. All errors are my own.

On Saturday, March 28, 2020, President Donald Trump floated the possibility of issuing a “quarantine” order for the states of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut because of their numerous COVID-19 cases.

Article II Commerce Clause COVID-19 Quarantine

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