On August 24, 2021, the Secretary of the Department of Defense (DOD) issued a memorandum (the “DOD mandate”) requiring that all members of the U.S. armed forces “immediately begin full vaccination” against Covid-19.[1] Notably, then-President Biden—the Commander-in-Chief of the nation’s military forces—never issued an order mandating Covid vaccination for the U.S. military, although he had…

The Covid-19 vaccines were scientific triumphs that saved countless lives. By contrast, Covid-19 vaccination mandates were unconstitutional travesties that trampled individual rights. Imposed by the Biden administration, some state governments, and many public and private colleges, they represented an egregious overreach of administrative power and a blatant disregard of the rule of law. While courts…

One individual right thought so fundamental as to not need enumeration in the Constitution is the right to travel. According to the Supreme Court, there are three aspects to this right: It protects the right of a citizen of one State to enter and to leave another State, the right to be treated as a…

The Administrative State’s collective disregard for the benefits of natural immunity to Covid provides another example of how it blindly prioritized bureaucratic will over liberty and even logic. Federal officials were hell-bent on making sure everyone received a Covid vaccine, whether they “needed” it or not. Bureaucrats demanded that we “trust the science,” while they…

One of the most damaging social costs imposed by the government response to the Covid-19 virus in 2020 was school closures. Their length, pervasiveness and damage were extended and strengthened by the capability to engage in remote “learning.” Because technology now allowed students to meet with teachers from their homes via computer screens, the governmental…

Another way in which the Administrative State burdened liberty during the Covid-19 pandemic was through the creation and enforcement of arbitrary lockdown rules. Governors utilized the full extent of their emergency powers (and then some) during the pandemic. Many bypassed the appropriate legislative channels to implement mandates in the name of “public health.” City mayors…