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Never Again! Reforms to Prevent Future Pandemic Overreach

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Never Again! Reforms to Prevent Future Pandemic Overreach
A man wears a mask as he arrives at Penn Station in New York on Aug. 2, 2021. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images
Rob Natelson
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When a public emergency strikes, officials respond in panic. They often don’t remember what they learned from previous emergencies.

Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
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Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor who is senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, authored “The Original Constitution: What It Actually Said and Meant” (3rd ed., 2015). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”
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