Governor Cuomo issued an executive order limiting in person gatherings to 10 people including inside private residents.
Several local sheriffs said they aren't going to count cars around houses and check on number of residents including on Thanksgiving Day. One sheriff argued that he would need a search warrant to enter the house to count people and then he has nothing to arrest them on.
Governor Cuomo says his executive order gives them the right to enter a house and arrest people for violating the restrictions. He then said sheriffs who didn't enforce the order can't pick and chose which laws to enforce and if they day, the sheriffs are dictators.
Now I admit I'm a little conflicted. On the one hand, I believe the laws should be enforced. On the other hand, I know the laws are not always enforced. I was let off with a warning once when pulled over for speeding so that speeding law wasn't enforced.
On the other hand, I'm not sure an executive order voids constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure. I get the need for safety but this doesn't feel right.
I do think Governor Cuomo overreached by calling sheriffs dictators for not enforcing his executive order. After all Governor Cuomo issued the executive order so if anything that makes him the dictator.
I see this as a conflict between balancing public safety and individual rights and I'm not sure what the correct answer is.
Here's more detail from a local TV station: https://www.whec.com/coronavirus/enf...rings/5928570/ https://www.whec.com/news/governor-c...33088/?cat=565
Several local sheriffs said they aren't going to count cars around houses and check on number of residents including on Thanksgiving Day. One sheriff argued that he would need a search warrant to enter the house to count people and then he has nothing to arrest them on.
Governor Cuomo says his executive order gives them the right to enter a house and arrest people for violating the restrictions. He then said sheriffs who didn't enforce the order can't pick and chose which laws to enforce and if they day, the sheriffs are dictators.
Now I admit I'm a little conflicted. On the one hand, I believe the laws should be enforced. On the other hand, I know the laws are not always enforced. I was let off with a warning once when pulled over for speeding so that speeding law wasn't enforced.
On the other hand, I'm not sure an executive order voids constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure. I get the need for safety but this doesn't feel right.
I do think Governor Cuomo overreached by calling sheriffs dictators for not enforcing his executive order. After all Governor Cuomo issued the executive order so if anything that makes him the dictator.
I see this as a conflict between balancing public safety and individual rights and I'm not sure what the correct answer is.
Here's more detail from a local TV station: https://www.whec.com/coronavirus/enf...rings/5928570/ https://www.whec.com/news/governor-c...33088/?cat=565
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