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09 Sep 2021 09:42 - 09 Sep 2021 09:43 #393158
by ketchim
In 1905, the high court made a fateful ruling
with eerie parallels to today :
One person’s liberty can’t trump everyone else’s.
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09 Sep 2021 09:45 #393159
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The year was 1904 :
One man’s liberty, they declared in a 7-2 ruling handed down
cannot deprive his neighbors of their own liberty
— in this case by allowing the spread of disease
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09 Sep 2021 09:47 - 09 Sep 2021 09:47 #393160
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“There are manifold restraints to which every person is necessarily subject
for the common good,” read the majority opinion.
“On any other basis, organized society could not exist
with safety to its members
Society based on the rule that each one is a law unto himself
would soon be confronted with disorder and anarchy.”
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09 Sep 2021 09:49 #393162
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The Constitution’s promise that no state shall
“deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law.”
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