The politics of stay-at-home orders, plus the ethics of online shopping
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2020
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
The coronavirus pandemic is changing the rules for the president in the White House and citizens sheltered at home. Should President Trump or 50 governors take charge of controlling disease? Also, is it right or wrong to shop online if it’s not for essentials?
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| 0:00.0 | The US may have the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, at least for the moment, but pandemic |
| 0:07.2 | means worldwide. Every nation is being forced to deal with COVID-19 as best it can. |
| 0:13.9 | In the developed world, sheltering at home has given rise to online shopping in places including |
| 0:20.0 | Northern Ireland. |
| 0:21.4 | There's a realization as well that jobs are at stake |
| 0:24.6 | and that in order to try and ensure that as few jobs are lost as possible, |
| 0:30.5 | that economically online shopping represents a good option for many people. |
| 0:35.0 | But what about the ethics of shopping online? |
| 0:39.0 | It's convenient for those at home but potentially risky business for many people. But what about the ethics of shopping online? It's convenient for those at home, |
| 0:44.9 | but potentially risky business for workers all along the supply chain. A bit later, we'll talk with Laura Steele at the University of Belfast about how to make choices. But first, the consistent |
| 0:51.0 | inconsistency of President Donald Trump, drastic pronouncements at White House briefings or late-night tweets are pulled back the next day. |
| 1:00.0 | Bold claims about the powers of his office are modified after bipartisan backlash. |
| 1:06.0 | Today, we'll look at a couple of recent examples with far-reaching consequences, immigration restrictions, |
| 1:11.5 | and the authority of the White House over the governors of the 50 American states. |
| 1:16.8 | Our guests are Asha Rangappa, who's a former FBI agent, now a lecturer at Yale Law School and |
| 1:22.7 | contributed to CNN, and Stephen Vladick, who teaches the Constitution and Federal Jurisdiction at the University of |
| 1:30.0 | Texas Law School. Welcome to you both. Great to be with you, Warren. Thank you. Let me read what |
| 1:35.8 | the president said on Monday night. In light of the attack from the invisible enemy, as well as the |
| 1:43.4 | need to protect the jobs of our great |
| 1:45.0 | American citizens, I will be signing an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration |
| 1:50.8 | into the United States. That was a late night tweet. It has since been modified. Tell us what's |
| 1:57.6 | happened. Well, I think that what you see with Trump is a lot of yelling squirrel, right? |
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