Fox Business: Coronavirus puts absurdity of inflexible government regulations in sharp relief

Phillip Truesdell is ready, willing, and able to help with the current pandemic. He and his family operate an ambulance company in Aberdeen, Ohio. With seven trucks, they’re well-positioned to take people to the hospital or medical appointments, not only in the Truesdells’ home state but also a mile away in Kentucky.

But the Truesdells are legally barred from helping their Kentucky neighbors due to that state’s Certificate of Need (CON) law. CON laws force would-be medical providers to prove to the government that a new business is “necessary” before opening their doors.

In their op-ed for Fox Business, Anastasia Boden and Angela Erickson explain that Kentucky’s among 35 states whose CON laws limit important healthcare services. With coronavirus cases doubling every three days, there is no way the medical industry can respond fast enough in the face of these types of restrictions.

SiriusXM’s POTUS Channel: Coronavirus and the Constitution

During his weekly Monday morning interview on The Morning Briefing with Tim Farley, Mark Miller talks about the coronavirus, the Constitution, and the Supreme Court.

The Hill: It’s up to the Supreme Court to teach Seattle ‘Free Speech 101’

Imagine a law that required Republicans to contribute to Bernie Sanders’ or Joe Biden’s presidential campaign. Or that required the Hollywood left to donate to President Trump’s re-election. Would you support such a law? Of course not―most of us would find such a law to be not only unconstitutional but an affront to one’s conscience.

Absurd as those imagined requirements sound, they capture the essential thinking behind Seattle’s “democracy vouchers” campaign finance scheme. Ethan Blevins shows how the Supreme Court will decide next month whether to look at a First Amendment challenge to that scheme. Here’s hoping the Court gives city officials a crash course in how free speech works.

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