USA is called BABYLON in the Bible. PROOF: The Bible accurately predicts many things including The two world wars, man reaching outer space, The rise and fall of communism, And the return of the Jews to their homeland after centuries of Exile. COVERUP The Church teaches Babylon means ancient babylon. The church knows that would be widespread panic if the truth was known. CLUES Prophets say that (Rev17:18) The lady of kingdoms Queen among nations (jer 50: 23) the hammer of the whole earth(rev18:3) merchants of the earth became rich(jer 51.47) Babylon, the praise of the entire Earth… an astonishment among nations… the church says this was all long ago, so why do the prophets speak of things that are now not then? Like pollution which is now not then (Isa14.20) You destroyed the land(Isa 47. 6) I have polluted… Babylon reaches space (jer 51.53) mounts up to heaven…(Isa14.14).. How could Babylon reach space if it was back then? Only America fits all the descriptions Of Babylon. Reaching space becoming the world’s only superpower, A democracy with the huge government, Pollutes its land and sits on waters abundant in treasure. Nowhere but America and present day fits all these descriptions. But what else do the prophets say about it?(Isa18.2) Its beginnings were unique and inspiring… America was the first to break away from the British Empire (Isa 13,47) A nation made out of many states… Jeremiah describes England as Being like America’s mother(jer 50. 12) the Prophet say the mother of Babylon has the symbol of a lion (dan7.4 eze 38.13 jer 51. 3) symbol of England is a lion. The prophets didn’t know of the existence of the North American continent, so they added mystery to the name and called it mystery babylon. Babylon is also called the daughter of chaldea. This is another clue based on the geography and history of America. Chaldea Is an area in the Middle East That was inhabited by jewish tribes during the time of the Prophets. Today the people of Israel are the most powerful descendant of that tribe and America is home to the largest population of Jewish people just as the prophets foretold in Jeremih 50.4-6 51.6) Jews helped America become the world’s only superpower. Half of American billionaires are Jewish. So the daughter of the chaldeans is America. This is very precise. What about Babylon as a woman? These clues are obvious.(rev17.1) has a golden cup in her right hand and a crown of Seven Rays on her head (rev17:18) and the woman in that great city rules over all the nations of the earth. Close description of the Statue of Liberty and the United Nations in New York City. So why is it the whore of Babylon ? The key to this clue is in ancient Roman mythology. Liberty is the name of the ancient Roman goddess of sexual freedom and her statue looks like our Statue of Liberty. She was called mother of harlots and the Matron goddess of prostitutes. Our Statue of Liberty is actually a statue of a pagan goddess of sexual freedom and prostitution. LUST: America provides 65% Of the world’s pornography..( Isa 47. 8) You are given to pleasure…(rev18.3) at the end time Babylon turns on its heritage and destroys its principles that made it great (jer 50. 11) you are glad.. you rejoiced… destroyers of your heritage… you grew fat… America’s recent administrations have greatly expanded government size or grown fat and initiated laws to limit our constitutional freedoms and destroy the base that made America great. Going on undeclared wars, civil forfeiture, and the list goes on and on. The prophets warn of many other sins of Babylon. (Rev18.5) Her sins reach heaven and God remembers Her inequities.GREED: (rev 18.23) her merchants were the great men of the earth.. by sorcery the other nations were deceived…(Isa 47.12) Stand with your Enchantments… And sorcery… The clue is straightforward, Babylon’s merchants become great by deceiving all the nations Of the earth. The greatest sorcery: US dollar. The dollar became the world’s reserve currency, Lifeblood of all international trade Because it was backed by the biggest gold reserve on earth BUT In 1971 Nixon Took us off the gold standard. The greatest monetary sorcery ever. And all the nations went along And used the dollar for trade And we kept on printing it so much it is not worth the paper it is printing on. Because of this USA could buy and sell all the nations Of the world who were all deceived. They give up their wealth and resources for something we create out of thin air. So WE became the great men of the earth VIA financial sorcery Like stocks and bonds bubbles, Quantitative easing, And our national debt of 19 trillion. This is why Isaiah (I4.13) Accurately sees the Fed, Financers, investors, Stockbrokers, As the sorcerers of Babylon(rev 18 to 24)… in her was found the blood ofprophets and saints.. them that were slain… America is the Largest exporter of weapons. Babylon sells the tools that fuel war. And it makes war covertlyr or openly seeding destruction of the entire planet. PRIDE All her wealth and power made America proud, Arrogant Exactly as the prophets foretold (rev 18. 7)… I am a queen.. shall see no sorrow..(Isa 47. 10) Your knowledge and wisdom mislead you… America fullfills every prophecy of Babylon To the letter. The superpower that has abandoned its sound Foundation and turned to sorcery And sin. ( Galatians 6. 7) Do not be deceived god is not mocked… What you sow you reap… Babylon’s pride greed and wrath will lead to war with the great enemy of Babylon exactly as the Prophets said war of two kings.(Isa 13. 5)… From a far country… Weapon of indignation.. (jer50.3)… out of the north end of heaven comes a nation against Babylon who will destroy her… go north through "the end of heaven" ( the Arctic pole), and you see Russia the great enemy of Babylon. America and Russia are the two countries in the world capable of starting World War 3. The prophets say at the start of this war, Russia will use the weapon of indignation. 2 questions: when will it happen and what is the weapon of indignation? In chapter 11. 40 Daniel tells of the two kings who are destined to fight the greatest war in history at the end times. the king of the north and the king of the south. the key to understanding this clue is the fact that in ancient times the birthplace was very important and that’s why Daniel identifies the Kings by the place of their birth relative to Jerusalem where he had his vision. Putin Was born in St Petersburg Which is north of Jerusalem, And Obama was born either in Kenya or in Hawaii Both south of Jerusalem. Does putin fulfill the other Bible prophecies about him?( Daniel 11:36).. And the King shall do according to His will..putin has absolute power as he controls the media the military and the economy in Russia( Daniel 11:37).. he will not regard the God of his fathers… or any god… he shall imagine himself above all Gods.. he shall magnify himself above all.. Russian media portrays him as a brilliant politician, diplomat, Huntsman and judo expert.. above the former leaders in every way.( Daniel 11. 38).. in his estate he will honor the God of forces…putin has greatly expanded military spending ( God of forces) Purin Fulfils ALL of all Bible prophecies Regarding the king of the north. Does TRUMP fulfill the Bible prophesies regarding the King of the South? He was born USA south of Jerusalem.( Daniel 11. 14).. In Those times.. Men stand against the King of the South… The TRUMP administration has antagonized many countries. It is clear TRUMP and vladimir Putin are The kings of Bible prophecy So there war will start before they leave office And that is January 2021. The end of Babylon is very near and both leaders are on track To fulfill their part in Bible prophecy As Daniel foretold" And at the time of the end Shall the King of the South push at him" The rush to conflict with Russia over Ukraine Is not ordinary geopolitics, Its TRUMP Fulfilling his role According to the Bible. The Bible warns us about Russia attacking with the weapon of indignation And all our defenses are useless Against it. (Jer 51. 58).. Her walls and weapons are broken… The weapon of indignation Leaves Babylon silent and in darkness" Sit silent ..and get into darkness…"Isa 47. 5).. No more be called the lady of the kingdoms.. About the weapon of indignation There is only one weapon capable of paralyzing US military equipment And leaving an entire continent in total darkness And silence. EMP (Electromagnetic pulse) One single weapon will cause the fall of Babylon America By frying circuitry Including that of military command and control As well as most other high tech equipment All very vulnerable to an electromagnetic pulse discharge. One blast will reduce our army to fighting using weaponS From the 1900’S. We are Dependant on electricity for everything From heating to eating. Our cars and appliances and everything have electronic circuitry Which EMP (The weapon of indignation) will destroy. This weapon fulfills Bible prophecy to the letter. It’s fast, affecst a huge area, And knockS out our military And help will not come… "The kings of the earth… Lambat for her.. Standing far off.. Saying alas Babylon has fallen, In one hour..(rev 18. 9) and it only takes one warhead and Russia has 9000 warheads pointed at America. EMP Will end America as we know it So learn to live without electricity and learn how to fish and farm.

USA is called BABYLON in the Bible. PROOF: The Bible accurately predicts many things including The two world wars, man reaching outer space, The rise and fall of communism, And the return of the Jews to their homeland after centuries of Exile. COVERUP The Church teaches Babylon means ancient babylon. The church knows that would be widespread panic if the truth was known. CLUES Prophets say that (Rev17:18) The lady of kingdoms Queen among nations (jer 50: 23) the hammer of the whole earth(rev18:3) merchants of the earth became rich(jer 51.47) Babylon, the praise of the entire Earth… an astonishment among nations… the church says this was all long ago, so why do the prophets speak of things that are now not then? Like pollution which is now not then (Isa14.20) You destroyed the land(Isa 47. 6) I have polluted… Babylon reaches space (jer 51.53) mounts up to heaven…(Isa14.14).. How could Babylon reach space if it was back then? Only America fits all the descriptions Of Babylon. Reaching space becoming the world’s only superpower, A democracy with the huge government, Pollutes its land and sits on waters abundant in treasure. Nowhere but America and present day fits all these descriptions. But what else do the prophets say about it?(Isa18.2) Its beginnings were unique and inspiring… America was the first to break away from the British Empire (Isa 13,47) A nation made out of many states… Jeremiah describes England as Being like America’s mother(jer 50. 12) the Prophet say the mother of Babylon has the symbol of a lion (dan7.4 eze 38.13 jer 51. 3) symbol of England is a lion. The prophets didn’t know of the existence of the North American continent, so they added mystery to the name and called it mystery babylon. Babylon is also called the daughter of chaldea. This is another clue based on the geography and history of America. Chaldea Is an area in the Middle East That was inhabited by jewish tribes during the time of the Prophets. Today the people of Israel are the most powerful descendant of that tribe and America is home to the largest population of Jewish people just as the prophets foretold in Jeremih 50.4-6 51.6) Jews helped America become the world’s only superpower. Half of American billionaires are Jewish. So the daughter of the chaldeans is America. This is very precise. What about Babylon as a woman? These clues are obvious.(rev17.1) has a golden cup in her right hand and a crown of Seven Rays on her head (rev17:18) and the woman in that great city rules over all the nations of the earth. Close description of the Statue of Liberty and the United Nations in New York City. So why is it the whore of Babylon ? The key to this clue is in ancient Roman mythology. Liberty is the name of the ancient Roman goddess of sexual freedom and her statue looks like our Statue of Liberty. She was called mother of harlots and the Matron goddess of prostitutes. Our Statue of Liberty is actually a statue of a pagan goddess of sexual freedom and prostitution. LUST: America provides 65% Of the world’s pornography..( Isa 47. 8) You are given to pleasure…(rev18.3) at the end time Babylon turns on its heritage and destroys its principles that made it great (jer 50. 11) you are glad.. you rejoiced… destroyers of your heritage… you grew fat… America’s recent administrations have greatly expanded government size or grown fat and initiated laws to limit our constitutional freedoms and destroy the base that made America great. Going on undeclared wars, civil forfeiture, and the list goes on and on. The prophets warn of many other sins of Babylon. (Rev18.5) Her sins reach heaven and God remembers Her inequities.GREED: (rev 18.23) her merchants were the great men of the earth.. by sorcery the other nations were deceived…(Isa 47.12) Stand with your Enchantments… And sorcery… The clue is straightforward, Babylon’s merchants become great by deceiving all the nations Of the earth. The greatest sorcery: US dollar. The dollar became the world’s reserve currency, Lifeblood of all international trade Because it was backed by the biggest gold reserve on earth BUT In 1971 Nixon Took us off the gold standard. The greatest monetary sorcery ever. And all the nations went along And used the dollar for trade And we kept on printing it so much it is not worth the paper it is printing on. Because of this USA could buy and sell all the nations Of the world who were all deceived. They give up their wealth and resources for something we create out of thin air. So WE became the great men of the earth VIA financial sorcery Like stocks and bonds bubbles, Quantitative easing, And our national debt of 19 trillion. This is why Isaiah (I4.13) Accurately sees the Fed, Financers, investors, Stockbrokers, As the sorcerers of Babylon(rev 18 to 24)… in her was found the blood ofprophets and saints.. them that were slain… America is the Largest exporter of weapons. Babylon sells the tools that fuel war. And it makes war covertlyr or openly seeding destruction of the entire planet. PRIDE All her wealth and power made America proud, Arrogant Exactly as the prophets foretold (rev 18. 7)… I am a queen.. shall see no sorrow..(Isa 47. 10) Your knowledge and wisdom mislead you… America fullfills every prophecy of Babylon To the letter. The superpower that has abandoned its sound Foundation and turned to sorcery And sin. ( Galatians 6. 7) Do not be deceived god is not mocked… What you sow you reap… Babylon’s pride greed and wrath will lead to war with the great enemy of Babylon exactly as the Prophets said war of two kings.(Isa 13. 5)… From a far country… Weapon of indignation.. (jer50.3)… out of the north end of heaven comes a nation against Babylon who will destroy her… go north through "the end of heaven" ( the Arctic pole), and you see Russia the great enemy of Babylon. America and Russia are the two countries in the world capable of starting World War 3. The prophets say at the start of this war, Russia will use the weapon of indignation. 2 questions: when will it happen and what is the weapon of indignation? In chapter 11. 40 Daniel tells of the two kings who are destined to fight the greatest war in history at the end times. the king of the north and the king of the south. the key to understanding this clue is the fact that in ancient times the birthplace was very important and that’s why Daniel identifies the Kings by the place of their birth relative to Jerusalem where he had his vision. Putin Was born in St Petersburg Which is north of Jerusalem, And Obama was born either in Kenya or in Hawaii Both south of Jerusalem. Does putin fulfill the other Bible prophecies about him?( Daniel 11:36).. And the King shall do according to His will..putin has absolute power as he controls the media the military and the economy in Russia( Daniel 11:37).. he will not regard the God of his fathers… or any god… he shall imagine himself above all Gods.. he shall magnify himself above all.. Russian media portrays him as a brilliant politician, diplomat, Huntsman and judo expert.. above the former leaders in every way.( Daniel 11. 38).. in his estate he will honor the God of forces…putin has greatly expanded military spending ( God of forces) Purin Fulfils ALL of all Bible prophecies Regarding the king of the north. Does Obama fulfill the Bible prophesies regarding the King of the South? He was born either in Kenya or Hawaii Both of which are south of Jerusalem.( Daniel 11. 14).. In Those times.. Men stand against the King of the South… The Obama administration has antagonized many countries. It is clear Barack Obama and vladimir Putin are The kings of Bible prophecy So there war will start before they leave office And that is January 2017. The end of Babylon is very near and both leaders are on track To fulfill their part in Bible prophecy As Daniel foretold" And at the time of the end Shall the King of the South push at him" The rush to conflict with Russia over Ukraine Is not ordinary geopolitics, Its Obama Fulfilling his role According to the Bible. The Bible warns us about Russia attacking with the weapon of indignation And all our defenses are useless Against it. (Jer 51. 58).. Her walls and weapons are broken… The weapon of indignation Leaves Babylon silent and in darkness" Sit silent ..and get into darkness…"Isa 47. 5).. No more be called the lady of the kingdoms.. About the weapon of indignation There is only one weapon capable of paralyzing US military equipment And leaving an entire continent in total darkness And silence. EMP (Electromagnetic pulse) One single weapon will cause the fall of Babylon America By frying circuitry Including that of military command and control As well as most other high tech equipment All very vulnerable to an electromagnetic pulse discharge. One blast will reduce our army to fighting using weaponS From the 1900’S. We are Dependant on electricity for everything From heating to eating. Our cars and appliances and everything have electronic circuitry Which EMP (The weapon of indignation) will destroy. This weapon fulfills Bible prophecy to the letter. It’s fast, affecst a huge area, And knockS out our military And help will not come… "The kings of the earth… Lambat for her.. Standing far off.. Saying alas Babylon has fallen, In one hour..(rev 18. 9) and it only takes one warhead and Russia has 9000 warheads pointed at America. EMP Will end America as we know it So learn to live without electricity and learn how to fish and farm.

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Will a one-time $1,200 stimulus check be enough to pull the U.S. economy out of the doldrums? No, according to Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH). That’s why they introduced a bill in Congress that would give every qualifying American over the age of 16 a stimulus payment of up to $2,000 each month for up to a year (plus $500 for up to three children).

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Smallpox
Yellow fever
Viral hemorrhagic fevers
Severe acute respiratory syndromes
Flu that can cause a pandemic
Federal isolation and quarantine are authorized by Executive Order of the President. The President can revise this list by Executive Order.

Isolation and Quarantine
Isolation and quarantine help protect the public by preventing exposure to people who have or may have a contagious disease.

Isolation separates sick people with a quarantinable communicable disease from people who are not sick.
Quarantine separates and restricts the movement of people who were exposed to a contagious disease to see if they become sick.
In addition to serving as medical functions, isolation and quarantine also are “police power” functions, derived from the right of the state to take action affecting individuals for the benefit of society.

Federal Law
The federal government derives its authority for isolation and quarantine from the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

Under section 361 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S. Code § 264), the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized to take measures to prevent the entry and spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries into the United States and between states.

The authority for carrying out these functions on a daily basis has been delegated to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

CDC’s Role
Under 42 Code of Federal Regulations parts 70 and 71, CDC is authorized to detain, medically examine, and release persons arriving into the United States and traveling between states who are suspected of carrying these communicable diseases.

As part of its federal authority, CDC routinely monitors persons arriving at U.S. land border crossings and passengers and crew arriving at U.S. ports of entry for signs or symptoms of communicable diseases.

When alerted about an ill passenger or crew member by the pilot of a plane or captain of a ship, CDC may detain passengers and crew as necessary to investigate whether the cause of the illness on board is a communicable disease.

State, Local, and Tribal Law
States have police power functions to protect the health, safety, and welfare of persons within their borders. To control the spread of disease within their borders, states have laws to enforce the use of isolation and quarantine.

These laws can vary from state to state and can be specific or broad. In some states, local health authorities implement state law. In most states, breaking a quarantine order is a criminal misdemeanor.

Tribes also have police power authority to take actions that promote the health, safety, and welfare of their own tribal members. Tribal health authorities may enforce their own isolation and quarantine laws within tribal lands, if such laws exist.

Who Is in Charge
The federal government
Acts to prevent the entry of communicable diseases into the United States. Quarantine and isolation may be used at U.S. ports of entry.
Is authorized to take measures to prevent the spread of communicable diseases between states.
May accept state and local assistance in enforcing federal quarantine.
May assist state and local authorities in preventing the spread of communicable diseases.
State, local, and tribal authorities
Enforce isolation and quarantine within their borders.
It is possible for federal, state, local, and tribal health authorities to have and use all at the same time separate but coexisting legal quarantine power in certain events. In the event of a conflict, federal law is supreme.

Enforcement
If a quarantinable disease is suspected or identified, CDC may issue a federal isolation or quarantine order.

Public health authorities at the federal, state, local, and tribal levels may sometimes seek help from police or other law enforcement officers to enforce a public health order.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Coast Guard officers are authorized to help enforce federal quarantine orders.

Breaking a federal quarantine order is punishable by fines and imprisonment.

Federal law allows the conditional release of persons from quarantine if they comply with medical monitoring and surveillance.

In the rare event that a federal order is issued by CDC, those individuals will be provided with an order for quarantine or isolation. An example of a Quarantine Order for Novel Coronavirus (print-only) pdf icon[PDF – 5 pages] is provided. This document outlines the rationale of the federal order as well as information on where the individual will be located, quarantine requirements including the length of the order, CDC’s legal authority, and information outlining what the individual can expect while under federal order.

Federal Quarantine Rarely used
Large-scale isolation and quarantine was last enforced during the influenza (“Spanish Flu”) pandemic in 1918–1919. In recent history, only a few public health events have prompted federal isolation or quarantine orders.

Specific Laws and Regulations Applying to Quarantine and Isolation
Visit the Specific Laws and Regulations Governing the Control of Communicable Diseases page.

Guidance for Importation of Human Remains into the United States for Interment
Visit the Guidance for Importation of Human Remains into the United States for Interment or Subsequent Cremation page.

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legal rights in a quarantine, explained
The truth is, your rights aren’t particularly well defined

People waiting for the public waterbus in Venice, Italy, on March 10, 2020.
Much of the country is currently subject to “shelter in place” orders, encouraging residents to remain at home and closing down businesses deemed nonessential. In San Francisco, you can be charged with a misdemeanor by visiting a friend.

All of which raises important legal questions. What power does the government have to restrict people’s activity during a pandemic? Can the government quarantine someone against their will?

The short answer to the later question is probably “yes.” As the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) explains, “every state, the District of Columbia and most territories have laws authorizing quarantine and isolation, usually through the state’s health authority.” The federal government also has some power to apprehend individuals who may be infected with a communicable disease that could trigger a public health emergency, but this power is largely restricted to those entering the country or crossing a state border.

How much can be done varies by state based on their particular public health laws (NCSL has a helpful rundown of each state’s law here). The Constitution places fairly strict limits on the federal government’s power to quarantine individuals within a single state — though these limits do not apply to state officials. And the Constitution prohibits both federal and state governments from denying anyone “life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”

But the contours of this right to “due process” is not particularly well defined, at least in the context of quarantines.

New Rochelle, a city just north of New York City, had become the state’s largest source of coronavirus infections, prompting Gov. Andrew Cuomo to implement a one mile radius “containment area” to try to halt the spread earlier this month. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
For the moment, at least, mandatory quarantines remain a hypothetical in the United States — although some such quarantines are being implemented in other countries. Realistically, if a US government resorts to quarantines to control the spread of coronavirus, there is likely to be a brief period of legal chaos where judges across the country try to make sense of existing precedents — often reaching contradictory results in the process — until the Supreme Court steps in to hand down a nationwide rule.

And when that rule is handed down, it’s likely that the Court will be very deferential to public health officials.

The federal government’s power to quarantine is quite limited
Though the federal government has some ability to prevent the spread of a communicable disease, as a practical matter, there cannot really be a comprehensive federal response to coronavirus.

That’s because the day-to-day decisions about whether to shut down schools, close down major events, or implement a mass quarantine are likely to be made by state and local officials who may have wildly different views about how they should act. Not only is New York’s response to coronavirus likely to differ from Florida’s, but Miami’s response could be quite different than Orlando’s.

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains on its website, “the federal government derives its authority for isolation and quarantine from the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution.” That clause permits Congress to “regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states.”

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The full scope of Congress’s powers under this clause is one of the most hotly contested questions in American constitutional history. Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson fought over how to read this clause during President George Washington’s first term. The Supreme Court spent four decades in the late 19th and early 20th centuries reading the Commerce Clause narrowly to thwart progressive change; the Court’s decision to abandon this narrow reading of the Commerce Clause, and permit much of the New Deal to take full effect, was one of the most consequential events of the 20th century.

Even in the pre-New Deal years when the Court routinely struck down federal laws as beyond Congress’s power to regulate commerce, the Court recognized that Congress has a broad power to regulate travel across state lines. Hence the Court’s decision in Hoke v. United States (1913), which upheld a law making it a crime to transport a woman across state lines “for immoral purposes” (a euphemism for prostitution).

New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo (center) holds a coronavirus press conference alongside Mayor Bill de Blasio (right) and New York state Department of Health Commissioner Howard Zucker on March 2, 2020. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images
But under the Court’s current understanding of the Commerce Clause, Congress’ power to protect the physical safety of people who are not engaged in interstate or international travel is very limited. And accordingly, federal law does not provide for quarantines of individuals who remain within a single state.

Federal officials could potentially quarantine someone seeking to enter the country or seeking to cross from one state into another. The federal government is also allowed to provide voluntary assistance to the states, so if a state government asks for federal help in enforcing or maintaining an intrastate quarantine, federal officials could potentially provide that assistance.

Ultimately, however, the power decide how individual states respond to coronavirus largely rests with the leadership of those states, and that has troubling implications if a coordinated response is necessary. An outbreak could potentially spread out of control in one state — and cross over into others — if state and local officials take a lax response to the disease. At the same time, many Americans could potentially have their civil liberties needlessly restricted if state or local officials in another state take a reactionary approach.

If I am quarantined, what are my rights?
The Constitution divides power between the states and the federal government, but it also protects certain individual rights. Among them is the right to not be denied “liberty” without “due process.”

It should be noted that there’s a big difference between a procedural right and a substantive right (although the Supreme Court has, at times, blurred this line). There is no freestanding constitutional right to go about your normal life while an epidemic endangers many people’s lives. At the same time, the government cannot simply confine people for arbitrary reasons, or without providing an adequate explanation.

If you are quarantined, you do not necessarily have a right to be released from that quarantine, but you do have a right to demand some sort of adjudicative process to determine whether the quarantine is justified.

It is well established that the government may confine people against their will if those individuals present a danger to themselves or others, even if the person being confined has not committed a crime. In Addington v. Texas (1979), for example, the Supreme Court held that individuals with such severe mental illnesses that they present a threat to their own safety, or to the safety of others, may be involuntarily confined to a mental hospital.

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Addington, however, also held that the government must prove by “clear and convincing” evidence that such confinement is justified — a much higher burden of proof than courts typically apply in civil cases. An “individual’s interest in the outcome of a civil commitment proceeding is of such weight and gravity” the Court explained, “that due process requires the state to justify confinement by proof more substantial than a mere preponderance of the evidence.”

That said, it’s not entirely clear that this heightened standard of proof would apply to coronavirus quarantines. Though Addington held that “civil commitment for any purpose constitutes a significant deprivation of liberty that requires due process protection,” much of the Court’s analysis was restricted the the specific circumstances of a person believed to have a severe mental illness.

“At one time or another, every person exhibits some abnormal behavior which might be perceived by some as symptomatic of a mental or emotional disorder, but which is, in fact, within a range of conduct that is generally acceptable,” Chief Justice Warren Burger explained for the Court. That creates a risk that “a factfinder might decide to commit an individual based solely on a few isolated instances of unusual conduct.” A higher burden of proof would help prevent such an occurrence.

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A coronavirus diagnosis, by contrast, is less likely to prove so elusive — at least assuming that health care providers have adequate access to diagnostic tests. And the stakes are also lower for people who are quarantined than they were in Addington. The Texas law at issue in that case permitted individuals to be confined “for an indefinite period to a state mental hospital” — potentially for years or even decades if the individual does not respond well to treatment.

Someone confined due to coronavirus, by contrast, is likely to recover much more quickly. And even if there is uncertainty about whether their symptoms are due to coronavirus or some other disease, this uncertainty could be resolved by diagnostic testing.

For these reasons, it’s possible that the courts may permit the government to quarantine individuals based on less than clear and convincing evidence.

There’s also one more reason why courts may be reluctant to intervene in such cases. In national security cases, judges often defer to the executive branch when it claims that a particular incursion on civil liberties is necessary to protect the country. As the Supreme Court explained in Boumediene v. Bush (2008), “neither the Members of this Court nor most federal judges begin the day with briefings that may describe new and serious threats to our Nation and its people.” And no judge wants to hand down a decision that prevents the government from stopping a terrorist attack.

A similar psychology is likely to set in if states begin large quarantines of people with coronavirus symptoms. Fears of coronavirus are already making stock markets volatile. Worse, while the data is unclear about how many people infected by this virus will die, there’s at least some evidence indicating that older adults are especially at risk.

Thus, just as judges tend to defer to the executive on matters of national security, those same judges are likely to defer to public health officials regarding a potential pandemic.

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