[ClearCase_guy]

From 1933 to 1945, the legal basis for what the Nazis did in every aspect of domestic governance was the so-called Enabling Act, giving Adolf Hitler carte blanche to rule unconstrained by laws or any existing institution. The United States, with its Constitution, its separation of powers and its federalism, is entirely different.

Democrat governors did this at the state level for COVID-19. Anything they wanted immediately became law. Close the churches. Ban peaceful assembly. Shutdown some businesses. Allow other businesses. Completely arbitrary, untroubled by written law.

[Future Snake Eater]

That’s what “emergency powers” are for. People demanded they be activated, too. Surprisingly (not really), in many places the governors/mayors are reluctant to rein in their own power.