1851 Center For Constitutional Law Statement on DeWine Mask Orders
STATEMENT ON DEWINE MASK ORDERS
July 10, 2020
Yes, the Governor’s Selective Mask Mandate is Unconstitutional (in several ways). Here’s what you need to know:
The
Director of the Ohio Department of Health cannot criminalize
otherwise-lawful conduct, especially irrespective of intent. Nor may it
do so in a non-uniform manner. After our victory in State v. Brearley, no person has been successfully prosecuted for violating a health director’s order in 134 years.
Practically
nobody is forced to wear a mask: there are 13 exceptions, which,
cumulatively, are broad enough to exempt anyone at anytime and anyplace.
Bottom
line: if you don’t want to wear a mask, you don’t have to. And if
you’re wearing a mask, it’s because you’re choosing to do so.
The
Order contains no enforcement mechanisms: it designates no state or
local agency to enforce the order. And this failure to designate local
enforcement agencies intentional: the Governor wants all lawsuit be filed against ODH alone and thus venued in Franklin County, where he is certain to win.
Because
everyone is exempt and there is no enforcement mechanism, lawsuits
against this mandate will fail if you do not have a written warning,
threat, or citation from a local governmental authority.
Lawsuits
against this mandate will also fail if you attempt them in counties
with unfit judicial systems, such as Cuyahoga, Lorain, Franklin,
Montgomery, or Hamilton.
To challenge the mandate, email us at Info@OhioConstitution.org ONLY if you are in a regulated county not listed above and are able to attach a written warning, threat, or citation.
In the interim, you’re entitled to disobey these orders, and we will defend those who are prosecuted.
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The 1851 Center for Constitutional Law is
a nonprofit, nonpartisan legal center dedicated to protecting the
constitutional rights of Ohioans from government abuse. The 1851 Center
litigates constitutional issues related to property rights, regulation,
taxation, and searches and seizures.
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