Is it constitutional for a state government to prohibit someone from entering their state?

[Enfuego]

Assuming they don't have warrants etc. and are U.S. Citizens etc.

Maybe Seymour or someone can weigh in? I don't have a clue what the law is.

 

[slapshot]

No

freedom of movement

 

[PatsFan1283]

If it was legal you know Florida wouldn't have taken OJ

 

[DesertDevil]

No

freedom of movement

What article of the constitution or amendment can I find that?

 

[Willie99]

States rights?

I'm thinking an emergency or a pandemic or a crisis gives local government more authority

Pure speculation on my part

 

[PatsFan1283]

The President has the authority to restrict movement from state to state, but not within state

https://www.nationalreview.com/2020...egal-power-to-restrict-travel-between-states/

 

[DesertDevil]

I'm thinking an emergency or a pandemic or a crisis gives local government more authority

Pure speculation on my part

That's not speculation. That's fact.

 

[DesertDevil]

The President has the authority to restrict movement from state to state, but not within state

https://www.nationalreview.com/2020...egal-power-to-restrict-travel-between-states/

The powers of the federal government in general, and of the president in particular, to quarantine American citizens are not cut-and-dried.

 

[slapshot]

The Privileges and Immunities Clause (U.S. Constitution, Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1, also known as the Comity Clause) prevents a state from treating citizens of other states in a discriminatory manner. Additionally, a right of interstate travel may be plausibly inferred from the clause.

 

[KennyB]

Generally I would agree that it is not legal for a governor to do so. However, if I were the governor of a state, including Florida, I would do it to protect my citizens and let it get challenged by the courts; these are extraordinary circumstances. In South Florida I see all the cars that drove down from New York and I am sure these people aren't self quarantining themselves.

 

[Enfuego]

The President has the authority to restrict movement from state to state, but not within state

https://www.nationalreview.com/2020...egal-power-to-restrict-travel-between-states/

But how about a Governor?

 

[Willie99]

The Privileges and Immunities Clause (U.S. Constitution, Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1, also known as the Comity Clause) prevents a state from treating citizens of other states in a discriminatory manner. Additionally, a right of interstate travel may be plausibly inferred from the clause.

Don't think discrimination is in play here, it would be a very different argument. Don't think any court would call it discrimination, although judges are not necessarily the best and the brightest legal minds. Those people tend to make a lot more money on the other side if the stand.