Sharona Hoffman | Source | Professor and Co-Director of the Law-Medicine Center at Case Western Reserve ...
Sharona Hoffman
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"It’s very sad that this has become a political issue. This shouldn’t be about people’s liberties. We have to pay taxes, we have to abide by the speed limit. This type of regulation is legal, constitutional and very, very sensible. It wouldn’t make sense to even have a government if their hands were tied and they couldn’t take these measures. This should be something that people are very willing to do not only to protect themselves but also to protect other people.
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“Judges get creative in order to keep people out of jail. They impose all sorts of sentences and, again, this is to the benefit of the person. And if you are going to be out in the community, you can’t run around infecting people with Covid.”
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'Legal, constitutional and very, very sensible' — law professor says mask mandates don't infringe on rights
As we’ve seen throughout this pandemic, people on both sides of the mask debate are passionate about where they stand. Sharona Hoffman, a professor of Law and Bioethics at Case Western Reserve University, spoke to us and our viewers about the legal side of these mandates.
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Case Western Reserve University
Professor and Co-Director of the Law-Medicine Center