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J.D. Tuccille : New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham suspended gun rights in response to pandemic panic.
He says politicians have grown accustomed to declaring "emergencies" as excuse to behave like monarchs.
Tuccillille: The public shows signs of being fed up with convenient "emergency" "No constitutional right, in my view, including my oath, is intended to be absolute," she says.
Fear and the desire for safety are powerful forces, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in a case involving immigration rules imposed under emergency powers.
Many Americans have tired of being stripped of basic liberties every time politicians decide the word "emergency" is a magic spell for invoking authoritarianism.
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