CNN’s Avlon: ‘Not True’ Mask Mandates Are Unconstitutional

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AVLON: “Now this has provoked predictable outrage among the 'freedom to infect you' crowd, with a flurry of so-called medical freedom bills lying in wait, which former George W. Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson calls performative libertarianism, because all this screaming about freedom ignores the fact that five routine childhood vaccines, including for measles, mumps and polio, are required to attend school in all 50 states. No one is calling for that mandate to be overturned because it makes sense and it works. But you'll still hear some folks wail that vaccine mandates are unconstitutional. That's just not true. This has been settled law for more than 116 years when the Supreme Court ruled that states could impose reasonable requirements for immunization during a deadly smallpox outbreak. Now, in many states there are religious and even philosophical exemptions from vaccine mandates, but it's not clear that owning the libs qualifies for one of those exceptions. And let’s be honest, that's what we're really dealing with here, a poisonous form of polarization. Refusing to get a vaccine during the pandemic for political reasons isn't libertarian because it violates the basic principle that my right to swing my fist ends at your nose. You know what also isn’t libertarian? Making other people pay for your mistakes.”