Lee order skates over duty, reveals no lawful findings in CV-19 outbreak

The first executive order from Gov. Bill Lee on the viral infection called CV-19 contains the air of dread that pervaded Tennessee government as the media-fed global panic accelerated in late March. By David Tulis / NoogaRadio 92.7 FM Order No. 14, dully titled “An order suspending provisions of certain statutes and rules in order to facilitate the treatment and containment of Covid-19,” appears to contain none of the elements required in statute to evoke the governor’s police powers under quarantine. Gov. Lee has, in fact, imposed the quarantine/police power upon the 6.8 million people in the state under the … Continue reading Lee order skates over duty, reveals no lawful findings in CV-19 outbreak