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Quarantine Authority in Texas: A COVID-19 Case Study
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Kevin Price
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September 2, 2021
Abstract
During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world grappled with how to protect their citizens from disease. Governments had to carefully balance the tension between individual rights and public health measures, while also considering which level of government was best situated to act. This paper, focusing on the response to COVID-19 in Texas, discusses the constitutionality of quarantines by balancing individual rights and public health. This paper also discusses how quarantine authority is shared among local, state, and federal levels of government in Texas. Finally, this paper analyzes some of the early actions taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Keywords: quarantine; quarantine authority; COVID-19; Texas; federal law; constitutional rights; public health; police powers
Published Online: 2021-09-02
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Keywords for this article
quarantine;
quarantine authority;
COVID-19;
Texas;
federal law;
constitutional rights;
public health;
police powers
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- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- Introduction to Volume XII
- Articles
- If U.S. Citizens Pose a Risk to International Health, Can the Federal Government Prevent Them from Traveling Abroad?
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- Quarantine Authority in Texas: A COVID-19 Case Study
- The Hermit Kingdom’s Forgotten Threat: Evaluating UNSCR 1540’s Effectiveness in Controlling North Korea’s Biological Weapons Program
- Federal Quarantine: The Issue with Limited CDC Presence at Ports of Entry
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