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Lockdowns

135 published works

  1. The Right Coast

    Lab Coat Tyranny | City Journal

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Public health authorities in California have unveiled a Blueprint for a Safer Economy that requires counties to meet new health equity metrics in order to emerge from the current Covid-19…

  2. The Right Coast

    A Failed Experiment | City Journal

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Lockdowns are typically portrayed as prudent precautions against Covid-19, but they are surely the most risky experiment ever conducted on the public. From the start, researchers have warned that lockdowns…

  3. PA Right to Know Law Blog

    Pennsylvania COVID-19 Lockdown and “Life-Sustaining/Non-Life Sustaining” Business Distinction Orders Held Unconstitutional.

    By Francis Pileggi

    This synopsis was prepared by Pennsylvania attorney Catherine Olanich Raymond.  On September 14, 2020, the Honorable William S. Stickman, IV of the Western District of Pennsylvania entered judgment that Governor…

  4. UK Human Rights Blog

    Were the March 2020 lockdown restrictions lawfully imposed? (Part 2) — Emmet Coldrick

    By Guest Contributor

    Emmet Coldrick is a barrister at Quadrant Chambers, London.  The opinions expressed in this article are the personal opinions of its author. Legal scrutiny of the provisions discussed in this…

  5. The Right Coast

    Economic Impact of Second Covid Lockdowns Will Be Severe – YouTube

    By Thomas A. Smith

    The UK health Minister confirms that he doesn't understand the concept of false positive math. Australia goes full-lockdown despite practically no hospital loading.The media is busy mashing up terms and…

  6. The Right Coast

    I was pro-lockdown for NYC — but now there’s no need to continue

    By Thomas A. Smith

    What are we doing?Living in New York City continues to feel like we re in the Upside Down. Our COVID-19 positive rates are astonishingly low. Yet attractions, businesses and schools…

  7. Labor Relations Update

    No Reasonable Expectation of Recall? No Election: Board Cancels Union Election at Casino Closed During COVID-19

    By Mark Theodore, Joshua Fox, Dominique Kilmartin

    The National Labor Relations Board recently cancelled a union election at a Las Vegas casino that suspended its operations and laid off employees amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In NP Texas…

  8. The Right Coast

    The Lockdown Has Gone From a Mistake to a Crime | Frontpagemag

    By Thomas A. Smith

    The world should have followed Sweden's example. That country never locked down and has even kept children under 16 in school the entire time. As Reuters reported on July 15,…

  9. The Right Coast

    The Failed Experiment of Covid Lockdowns – WSJ

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Six months into the Covid-19 pandemic, the U.S. has now carried out two large-scale experiments in public health first, in March and April, the lockdown of the economy to arrest…

  10. UK Human Rights Blog

    Challenge to legality of lockdown succeeds in New Zealand

    By Rosalind English

    Andrew Borrowdale v Director-General of Health (First Respondent), the Attorney General (Second Respondent) and the New Zealand Law Society (Intervener) CIV-2020-485-194  [2020] NZHC 2090  Even in times of emergency, ……