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> The authority to restrict travel into a state (from an adjacent state) unambiguously lies with the federal government, under even the narrowest possible inter

• chimeracoder 7y ago
  > Honestly, the scenario I had in mind was intrastate travel restrictions, especially around cities. Also covered by the Commerce Clause, since 1937.
  • Seenso 7y ago
    > Also covered by the Commerce Clause, since 1937. So you're saying the commerce clause requires states to keep intra-state transportation infrastructure open, regardless of the public safety risk? That's unbelievable, since that infrastructure is regularly closed for public safety reasons (e.g. closing roads during blizzards): https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/12/01/blizzard-closes-highways-drops-nearly-20-inches-of-snow-on-duluth https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/12/01/blizzard-closes-hig...: > To the west, the Minnesota Department of Transportation closed a stretch of Interstate 35 between Duluth and Cloquet. The Cloquet Police Department posted a photo of vehicles stranded along Highway 33 in that city late Saturday. https://apnews.com/25d827c21bff49bba79339c51a6f3407 https://apnews.com/25d827c21bff49bba79339c51a6f3407: > The Nebraska State Patrol has closed Interstate 80 from the Wyoming border east to North Platte as well as all state highways in the Nebraska Panhandle as a late-winter blizzard swept into the state.