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When Is Trump Ordering A National Quarantine? Probably Never.

There's a bit of an obstacle there.

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With states running with a patchwork of self-quarantine orders, some wonder when the White House will order a national quarantine. Those folks shouldn’t hold their breath (and not just because the 10-second thing is a myth). What Supreme Court ruling first laid out the hard line between state and federal powers to issue quarantines?

Hint: For a Chief Justice with little patience for the states, he took a hard line on this one.

See the answer on the next page.

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