Civil Rights during the Covid Pandemic

In this episode, the panel discusses decisions made during the 2020 Covid shutdowns. How were the shutdowns handled in different states? Were civil rights adequately protected? Do civil rights deserve protection, even at the cost of public health? If so, which ones and when?

The article discussed was: John Curran, Jake Gardener, and Jeffery Ding, Covid-19 and the Constitution: How the Bill of Rights is Being Tested by the Coronavirus, N.Y.L.J. (May 29, 2020, online).

Host: Schenley Kent

Panel: Tony Fernando, Seth Trott, Jo Ann Fernando

Audio: Mohammed Saleem

Producer: Tony Fernando