How Far Can the Government Restrain Citizens' Lives During COVID-19?

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🗓️ 17 April 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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As the pandemic continues, there have been more and more examples of government intervention. Police ticketed people attending church in their cars on Easter. One Florida county introduced curfews. And localities across America are mandating face masks in certain situations. What is the government allowed to do, and what is it not? John Malcolm, head of the Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation, unpacks the legal scenarios. We also cover these stories: About 13.5% of America’s labor force has filed for unemployment over the past 5 weeks. New York’s non-essential businesses will remain closed until May 15. Los Angeles is letting businesses deny entry to someone without a mask. The Daily Signal Podcast is available on Ricochet, Apple Podcasts, Pippa, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Friday, April 17th. I'm Virginia Allen.
0:10.0	And I'm Kate Trinko. As the pandemic continues, there have been more and more examples of government intervention, from police ticketing people attending church in their cars on Easter, to curfews to mandated wearing a face mask.
0:25.0	What is the government allowed to do and what is it not?
0:28.7	John Malcolm, head of the Me Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation joins our
0:34.4	colleague Rachel Del Judas to unpack the various legal scenarios.
0:38.8	Don't forget if you're enjoying this podcast please be sure to leave a review or a five-star rating on Apple
0:45.2	podcast and encourage others to subscribe. Now, onto our top news. The Department of Labor released its latest numbers on Thursday.
0:59.9	An additional 5.2 million people filed for unemployment last week, bringing the total number
1:06.4	to 22 million claims since March 14th.
1:10.4	This means that about 13.5% of America's labor force has filed for unemployment over the course of the past five weeks.
1:19.0	Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia said in a statement Thursday,
1:23.0	the Department of Labor has issued all the essential guidance
1:26.7	the states need to implement the historic unemployment benefits expansion
1:31.8	under the CARES Act and 29 states are now paying the
1:35.9	$600 weekly boost in unemployment benefits under the Act. The remaining states
1:41.4	will begin providing the benefit as they update their systems.
1:45.0	A government program designed to encourage small businesses to keep their staffs employed during the coronavirus pandemic is out of money having hit its
1:55.2	349 billion dollar limit. Last week Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell tried to
2:01.6	increase the amount of money in the fund, but Democrats blocked the
2:05.1	measure, insisting that it be paired with additional appropriations.
2:09.9	In a statement Wednesday, McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said,
2:14.4	It has been stunning to watch our Democratic colleagues treat emergency funding
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