Sheriffs: Lockdown Measures Are Unconstitutional, We Won’t Enforce Them

A virus crisis volunteer greets local residents arriving to a food distribution center at the WestCop community center in New Rochelle, New York on March 18, 2020. John Moore/Getty Images

A growing number of sheriffs across the United States are voicing and acting out their opposition to restrictive measures imposed by their states in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Harsh lockdown measures enacted by governors have sparked the ire of a number of sheriffs who argue that the long list of restrictions goes against the Constitution.