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Flu shot: When to get the vaccine during coronavirus pandemic

Public health experts say this year everyone should get a flu shot, if possible.

The U.S. keeps smashing its own records for COVID-19 cases as the fall surge of the coronavirus is running rampant across the country.

On Thursday, a record 153,496 new COVID-19 cases were tallied in the U.S., just days after it had crossed the 100,000 daily new case threshold.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director ofNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, signaled some hope Thursday: The pandemicwon't be around "a lot longer," he said, butpublic health officials might need to "maintain control chronically" over COVID-19.

Meanwhile states and cities are clamping down and enacting new restrictions to slow the spread. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown will announce new coronavirus measures Friday, while Chicago MayorLori Lightfoot announced Thursdaya stay-at-home advisoryset to go into effect Monday morning.

A day after Texas became the first state to record at least 1 million cases of COVID-19, California also reached the same marker.Eleven counties there were ordered this week to drop a notch on the state's tiered reopening schedule.

Some major developments:

What we're reading: As COVID-19 infections soar, we're tracking new restrictions across the U.S.

Today's numbers:The U.S. has reported more than 10.5million cases and 242,400deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data. The global totals: 52.8millioncases and 1.29million deaths.

Mapping coronavirus:Track the U.S. outbreak in your state.

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There's no evidence people are immune from COVID-19 after they're first infected, but U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, once again said they are and advocated against experts' advice Thursday night when discussing people who have already had the deadly disease.

"We should tell them to celebrate," Paul told Fox News. "We should tell them to throw away their masks, go to restaurants, live again because these people are now immune."

In fact, as several doctors have noted and repeated after the Kentucky Republican's remarks, there is no evidence to suggest that those once infected by COVID-19 are immune from getting reinfected.

Ben Tobin, Louisville Courier Journal

After battling a spring surge in COVID-19 cases that devastated their health care system, Italian doctors are once again facing strains on their resources as they treat a new influx of patients amid the coronavirus pandemic.

"We are very close to not keeping up. I cannot say when we will reach the limit, but that day is not far off, Dr. Luca Cabrini, who runs the intensive care ward at Vareses Circolo hospital, the largest in the province of 1 million people northwest of Milan, told the Associated Press.

Cabrini said that while ICU beds are filling up as they did in the spring, doctors are also facing strains in wards caring for less ill patients who may be younger but require care for longer stretches.

As of Wednesday, 52% of Italys hospital beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients, above the 40% warning threshold set by the Health Ministry.The Italian doctors federation called this week for a nationwide lockdown, too.

The United States on Thursday reported more than 150,000 coronavirus cases in a day for the first time, just nine days after it reported 100,000 cases for the first time, a USA TODAY analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows.

The United States reported the record 153,496 cases on Thursday. At that rate, the United States reported about 107 cases every minute.

It's not clear how well the case data reflects the size of the fall surge. In South Dakota and Iowa, most tests are coming back positive, data from The COVID Tracking Project suggests. That organization does not release numbers on percentages of tests that come back positive because of wildly different ways they can be calculated, and there is no one U.S. standard.

However, health officials generally have pushed for testing rates under 5%, and by some calculations, 40 states are worse than that mark.

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The holiday season is upon us and so is another surge of the coronavirus pandemic. So what's a family to do?

While somestate and city officials have advised against large family gatherings, folks may still be trying to find a way to spend time with loved ones this fall and welcoming students back into the fold.

Dr. Adam Jarrett, who serves as the chief medical officer at Holy Name Medical Center in New Jersey, said that the safest way to try to gather would be to get tested and then truly self-quarantine for 10 days to two weeks.

With Thanksgiving falling on Nov. 26, that means quarantine should begin now.

Thats the only way that we can be pretty close to 100% safe, Jarrett said.

Katie Sobko, The Bergen Record

Counties in which Power Five schools are located have seen an even larger spike in COVID-19 cases than the nationwide average, adata analysis conducted by Emory's Rollins School of Public Health for USA TODAY found.

Communities in the Big Ten and Big 12 are experiencing the most dramatic increases in their seven-day averages of daily new cases per 100,000 residents, the analysis found.

All told, 59 of the 64 counties that host Power Five schools saw an increase in their average number of daily cases from Nov. 3 to Tuesday. Collectively, the counties reported an increase of 45%.

The spike in cases has wrecked havoc on college football schedules throughout the country particularly this week. In the Southeastern Conference alone, four games involving ranked teams have been canceled in recent days due to COVID-19 concerns.

Tom Schad, and Jim Sergent

By medical standards,Nicole Worthley is considered extraordinarily rare. She was diagnosed with COVID-19 on March 31 and again in September.

But she can't prove she had COVID-19 twice. That requires genetic testing of both infections, which has only happened a few dozen times in the world and never in South Dakota where she lives.

Many states keeptrack of claims of reinfection but they are still considered extremely unusual, according to health experts.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement that it is investigating some possible reinfections but has not yet confirmed any. It only considers infections more than 90 days apart to be possible reinfections; otherwise, someone's illness is likely a lingering infection.

How long the body can fight COVID-19 offhas implications for the longevity and effectiveness of vaccines,the possibility of communities developing so-called herd immunitywhere the virus no longer spreads because so many people have already been infected, and how those infected once should feel and behave. Read more here.

Karen Weintraub

A Texas appeals court in El Paso has put a temporary stop toEl Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego's order shutting down nonessential businesses in El Paso County.

The Eighth Court of Appeals in El Paso on Thursday granted requests totemporarily halt the order. The requests were made by the Texas Attorney General's Office and a group of 10 El Paso restaurant companies, who argue that Samaniego's order is illegal because it is counter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's Oct. 7 order tied to reopening Texas businesses.

The court, in a 2-1 decision,ruled several sections of Samaniego's order cannot be enforced, including shutting down nonessential businesses,until the court makes its final judgment, which is expected Friday.

We exercise our discretion to preserve the status quo as it existed just prior to the issuance of the countys later, more restrictive Stay-at-Home Order until the court makes its final judgment, the court ruled.

Vic Kolenc and Eleanor Dearman, El Paso Times

More than 2,000 nurses represented by a union planto go on strike next week as a surge in coronavirus cases continuesto overwhelm hospitals nationwide.

InBucks County, more than760 nurses atSt. Mary Medical Center will go on strike starting Tuesday unless they reach a contract with the hospital's owner Trinity Health. In Philadelphia, some 500 nurses at St. Christophers Hospital for Children and about 1,000 atEinstein Medical Center have also authorized to strike, the New York Times reported.

Nurses are stretched so thin, and I know theyre not able to get where they need to be," Maria Plano,a nurse at St. Christophers and the unions vice president, told CBS Philly. "We need some kind of guidelines where nurses are in the discussion and helping to make the decisions."

In a statement last week, the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals saidnurses are being "pushed to the brink by unsafe staffing that seriously undermines patient safety, the newspaper reported.

With coronavirus cases in the U.S. reaching an all-time highthis week, the Ivy Leagueannounced Thursday that it is shutting down its entire 2020-21 winter sports season.

"With the health andwell-being of student-athletes andthe greater campus community in mind, The Ivy League Presidents decide to forego athletics competition in fall and winter sports, postpone competition in spring sports through February 2021," the league wrotein a statement posted to Twitter.

In July, the Ivy League was the first conference to announce the cancellation of its fall sports seasonas a result of the pandemic. Meanwhile, other conferences have run into multiple roadblocks in an attempt to continue their fall seasons.

Steve Gardner

Costco, which was one of the first retailers to mandate shoppers wear masks amid thecoronavirus pandemic, is updating its face mask policy. Starting Monday, the wholesale club says itwill require all members, guests and employees to weara face mask or face shield with the exception of children under 2.

"Members and guests must wear a face mask that covers their mouth and nose at all times," Costco said on itsCOVID-19 updates page. "Individuals who are unable to wear a face mask due to a medical condition must wear a face shield. ... Entry to Costco will be granted only to those wearing a face mask or face shield."

Costco's original policy went into effect in early Mayand didn't require shoppers with medical conditions to wear masks.

Kelly Tyko

SeaDream Yacht Club's SeaDream I, oneof the first cruise ships to ply through Caribbean waters since the pandemic began, ended its trip early after at least five passengers tested positive for COVID-19, officials said Thursday.

The SeaDream I is carrying 66 crew and more than 50 passengers, with the majority of passengers hailing from the U.S. according to Sue Bryant, who is aboard the ship and is a cruise editor for The Times and The Sunday Times in Britain.

She told The Associated Press that one passenger became sick on Wednesday and forced the ship to turn back to Barbados, where it had departed from on Saturday. However, the ship had yet to dock in Barbados as local authorities tested those on board. The captain announced that at least five passengers have tested positive, Bryant said.

Contributing: The Associated Press

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By Barbara Starr and Zachary Cohen, CNN

(CNN) -- US military commanders are anticipating that a formal order will be given by President Donald Trump as soon as this week to begin a further withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq before Trump leaves office on January 20, according to two US officials familiar.

The Pentagon has issued a notice to commanders known as a "warning order" to begin planning to drawdown the number of troops in Afghanistan to 2,500 troops and 2,500 in Iraq by Jan 15, the officials said. Currently there are approximately 4,500 US troops in Afghanistan and 3,000 troops in Iraq.

The Pentagon and White House did not immediately respond to CNN's request for comment.

While Monday's news indicates that the Pentagon appears ready to remove thousands more US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq, it also suggests that Trump may fall short of fulfilling one of his core promises to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan before he leaves office.

On October 7 Trump tweeted: "We should have the small remaining number of our BRAVE Men and Women serving in Afghanistan home by Christmas!"

Then-Secretary of Defense Mark Esper sent a classified memo earlier this month to the White House asserting that it was the unanimous recommendation of the chain of command that the US not draw down its troop presence in Afghanistan any further until conditions were met, sources familiar with the memo tell CNN.

The assessment from the chain of command -- Esper, US Central Command leader Marine Gen. Kenneth "Frank" McKenzie and commander of NATO's mission in Afghanistan Gen. Austin Miller -- stated that the necessary conditions had not been met. Others agreed, sources tell CNN, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley.

The memo is believed to have been one of the main reasons why Trump fired Esper last week.

Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell did not criticize Trump directly Monday while discussing the drawdown plans but warned of the potential ramifications of a rapid withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, saying it would "hurt our allies."

"We're playing a limited -- limited -- but important role in defending American national security and American interests against terrorists who would like nothing more than for the most powerful force for good in the world to simply pick up our ball and go home," he said in a speech from the Senate floor.

"There's no American who does not wish the war in Afghanistan against terrorists and their enablers had already been conclusively won," he said. "But that does not change the actual choice before us now. A rapid withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan now would hurt our allies and delight -- delight -- the people who wish us harm."

The decision to pull additional troops out of Iraq comes as the Trump administration has moved to reduce the US military's footprint there in recent months.

The US commander in the Middle East announced a drawdown of US troops in Iraq from 5,200 to 3,000 in September.

In March, US forces began pulling back from bases across Iraq, turning them over to Iraqi security partners. At the time, Pentagon officials insisted that the base hand-offs were part of a long-planned consolidation that reflected the success of the anti-ISIS fight -- not concerns over the ongoing rocket attacks by Iran-linked proxy militias.

US military officials have long stressed that the US withdrawal from Afghanistan should be conditions based, including the Taliban breaking its ties to al Qaeda and making progress in peace talks with the Afghan government, two conditions that have yet to be met.

But despite the lack of progress, the Trump administration has already substantially reduced US troops in the country by more than 50%, recently bringing the number of US military personnel there down to about 4,500, the lowest levels since the earliest days of the post 9/11 campaign.

Trump made bringing American troops home a theme of his reelection campaign but the future of US forces in Afghanistan has remained uncertain amid the mixed messages coming from the administration.

National security adviser Robert O'Brien has advocated for a more accelerated withdrawal from Afghanistan irrespective of conditions on the ground, something made more feasible by the installation of White House loyalists in senior defense posts.

Milley had pushed back on an earlier announcement from O'Brien suggesting an aggressive timeline for troop withdrawals that appeared to be irrespective of conditions.

"Robert O'Brien, or anyone else, can speculate as they see fit, I am not going to engage in speculation, I'm going to engage in the rigorous analysis of the situation based on the conditions and the plans that I'm aware of in my conversations with the President," Milley told NPR on October 11.

Sweeping changes at the Pentagon last week have put Trump loyalists in place and knowledgeable sources told CNN's Jake Tapper last week that the White House-directed purge at the Defense Department may have been motivated by the fact that former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and his team were pushing back on a premature withdrawal from Afghanistan that would be carried out before the required conditions on the ground were met.

Those changes included installing an ardent opponent of the US military's presence in Afghanistan, who once called for the use of lethal force against illegal immigrants and has made a litany of racist comments, as a senior adviser at the Pentagon.

A Pentagon spokesman confirmed Wednesday that retired Army Col. Douglas Macgregor "will be serving as a Senior Advisor to the Acting Secretary of Defense. Mr. MacGregor's decades of military experience will be used to assist in the continued implementation of the President's national security priorities."

Macgregor has been a vocal opponent of the US military's mission in Afghanistan and has called for a total withdrawal of US troops and the American Embassy despite the continued presence of terrorist groups there.

Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky who is a strong advocate of withdrawing US troops welcomed the appointment.

"I am very pleased @realDonaldTrump asked my friend Col. Doug Macgregor to help quickly end the war in Afghanistan. This and other picks for Pentagon are about getting the right people who will finally help him stop our endless wars," Paul tweeted.

Trump also fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper last week in a tweet, replacing him with Christopher Miller, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center.

In one of his first moves as acting Defense Secretary, Miller sent a seemingly contradictory message to the force on Friday, saying the US must continue its battle against al Qaeda and the terrorist forces behind 9/11 while also saying it was time to bring troops home.

"This war isn't over," Miller wrote in his message. "We are on the verge of defeating al Qaida and it's associates, but we must avoid our past strategic error of failing to see the fight through to the finish."

"Indeed, this fight has been long, our sacrifices have been enormous, and many are weary of war -- I'm one of them -- but this is the critical phase in which we transition our efforts from a leadership to supporting role," he wrote in reference to the current US role of supporting counterterrorism campaigns such as the one in Afghanistan.

"All wars must end. Ending wars requires compromise and partnership. We met the challenge; we gave it our all. Now, it's time to come home," Miller added.

O'Brien and US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad are expected to discuss the troop drawdown plans during a meeting Monday, two State Department officials told CNN.

Khalilizad recently returned to Washington from a trip to Turkey where he met with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlt avuolu and other Turkish officials. They discussed mutual concerns about the levels of violence in Afghanistan, according to a readout from the State Department.

State Department officials knew it was possible Trump could order an additional troop drawdown in Afghanistan but did not know that the Pentagon had sent this warning order, two State Department officials said.

Some State Department officials believed that because Trump did not order further troop withdraws before the election it was unlikely that there would be more during the rest of his administration.

But last month Khalilizad said the conditions will dictate further withdrawals.

"If conditions are right, we are committed to withdrawing. But if the conditions are not right, we don't have to withdraw," Khalilizad said in an NPR interview at the time.

This story has been updated with additional reporting Monday.

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Bruno Le Maire, Minister of the Economy, Finance and the Recovery, and Franck Riester, Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness, attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, welcome the European Unions decision to impose duties on American products due to illegal support for Boeing, applying to exports worth up to $4 billion.

The European Union has always wanted an amicable settlement for the two ongoing Airbus/Boeing disputes, but the current American administration has so far been unreceptive to European offers.

We have checked that Airbus is in full compliance with WTO rules and have called on the United States to withdraw their tariffs which are thus unjustified. Given the American refusal to enter into serious negotiations with the European Union and to withdraw the tariffs which have been in place for over a year on certain European exports, in particular aircraft and French wine, the European Union will impose duties of 15% on medium- and long-haul aircraft and 25% on a range of agricultural and agrifood products and industrial goods. These measures will take effect on Tuesday, 10 November.

In light of the current crisis, these trade sanctions, which only serve to further penalize our economies, must be urgently lifted. We are prepared to suspend our measures at any time provided that the United States fully suspends its measures, and we want to reach a negotiated solution as soon as possible.

We reiterate that the transatlantic trade relationship is essential to our economy and, more generally, we would like to re-establish balanced and harmonious trade relations between the European Union and the United States.

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With nationalist tendencies currently resurgent around the world, Europe can and must place itself at the forefront of the issues that matter most. From promoting trade and human rights to mitigating disease and climate change, Europe can be a global beacon, fostering the kind of multilateralism that is at the heart of the European Union.

As French President Emmanuel Macron put it at the United Nations General Assembly in September, Europe must engage in building new solutions, because we are not collectively condemned to a dance of power which would, in a way, reduce us to being the sorry spectators of collective powerlessness.

A strong global role requires strong policy coherence in the EUs approach to development. The COVID-19 crisis has derailed global development goals and could push 100 million additional people globally into extreme poverty, according to the World Bank. A powerful European voice in development is therefore a moral imperative.

Such a stance is also in Europes own interest. While developing countries are grappling with the pandemics health and economic consequences, none of their existing security threats and challenges have abated. There are already indications that violence is increasing in fragile or conflict-afflicted regions, such as the Sahel and Iraq.

Meanwhile, the devastating impact of climate change on developing countries demands that Europe strengthen its international role. We know that European actions alone will not change the direction of global warming. After all, Europes carbon-dioxide emissions are less than one-third of Asias. To address the impact of climate change, we must reach beyond our borders, learn lessons, share our expertise, and cooperate with green investors everywhere. A coherent climate strategy must be a key building block of an effective European development strategy.

Europes carbon-dioxide emissions are less than one-third of Asias

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This requires Europe to think big on development, and go beyond the EUs four current strands of development finance activity. The bloc participates in global organizations like the World Bank, as well as in entities with a regional focus, such as the African Development Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. It also finances development bilaterally, through the European Investment Bank (EIB), and nationally, through institutions such as the Agence Franaise de Dveloppement.

Europe must continue to be engaged on all four fronts. But in a world of increasingly divergent national interests, the EU must also strengthen its strategic autonomy to promote its priorities and values internationally. On strategically important issues such as climate change, human rights, the transformation of global value chains, or migration, we cannot sit back and wait for the United States, China, or Russia to act. Moreover, unilateral actions by individual EU countries would be insufficient, inefficient, and even counterproductive for Europe.

The EU needs to speak with a clear voice as other global powers do already. China has not only founded the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, but also massively increased the resources and commitments of its bilateral development institution, the China Development Bank, under President Xi Jinpings signature Belt and Road Initiative. Alarmingly, while China has introduced some restrictions on fossil-fuel investment at home, its overseas investment shows a pronounced tendency toward financing coal and gas projects. China is thus opening up markets for Chinese firms while other global suppliers of clean-tech solutions fall by the wayside.

Meanwhile, the US, which has pursued an inward-looking America First policy under President Donald Trump, is bringing together various institutions under the umbrella of the US International Development Finance Corporation to strengthen its bilateral development activities. If the EU wants to level the playing field and prevent the 2015 Paris climate agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals from sliding down the global agenda it needs to reinforce its development financing activities.

Many have long regarded the establishment of an EU development bank as a necessary and proper step to bolster the blocs global role. It is now high time for member states to follow through and set up such an institution under the roof of the EIB, thus leveraging an asset they have already built together.

An EU development bank would have an immediate, significant, and resource-efficient impact. By putting the blocs national development ministers in the drivers seat, while ensuring that finance ministries have overall oversight, the new institution would bring a coordinated, transparent, and European approach to development financing that so far has been sorely lacking. Moreover, a strong governance role for the European Commission and the European External Action Service would guarantee that the banks strategy and all its individual projects served the EUs development policy targets from day one.

This new institution would not replace Europes involvement with global and regional multilateral banks, nor would it weaken the robust and diverse array of national development institutions. Rather, its role would be to give the EU a stronger voice on issues where member states share a common ambition that is not sufficiently considered at the global and regional levels, such as supporting societal resilience in fragile countries and promoting climate action.

In order to capitalize fully on the wealth of existing European development work, all national development banks and agencies should have the option to participate in the new EU development bank without, of course, losing their autonomy, national mandates, or access to EU funding instruments. This will make it possible finally to link development financing activities at the EU and national levels and ensure a transparent division of tasks.

In addition, activities co-financed by the EU development bank and national development institutions could become subject to an accelerated approval procedure for EU risk-sharing mandates (as is already the case for some EU mandates today). This would significantly increase impact without requiring any additional resources by reducing the bureaucracy (and time) involved in allocating these funds.

The EU needs to set a new course for development, and send a strong signal that Europe is ready to play its role in the world. Our history, principles, and ambition demand nothing less.

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I have lived in six U.S. states during my long lifetime, living for years on the East Coast, in the Midwest, and on the West Coast.

I moved to California two years ago and can testify that it is the most socialistic, government-controlled state in the country.

Recently, though, numerous rays of constitutional rights have shown through: the constitutional right to the privacy of contracts, the right to private property, and the right of all people against discrimination.

These rights were protected by the outcomes of three citizen referendums, not by government.

Constitutional right to privacy of contracts

Article 1, Section 10, of the United States Constitution declares that no state shall enter into any law impairing the obligation of contracts.

Contracts are mutually agreed-upon private exchanges; when I agree with a contractor to pave my driveway, we exchange my money for his labor and materials.

In California this issue came into focus with Assembly Bill 5 and Proposition 22.

Rideshare drivers wanted to retain their individual freedom as independent contractors, but the state government tried to deny this freedom of contract between drivers and paying customers and mandate that drivers be treated as employees subject to state labor controls and union obligations.

TheWall Street Journalreports that when a poll asked 1,000 on-demand drivers whether they would prefer to be full-time employees instead of contractors, only 15 percent of respondents said theyd prefer full-time.

This is supposed to be a free country, but the state government doesnt see it that way. California voters, on the other hand, defended freedom.

Voters approved Proposition 22, which classifies app-based drivers as independent contractors, instead of employees, thereby protecting the freedom of drivers to continue entering into voluntary contracting arrangements.

The right to private property

Proposition 21 sought to expand local governments authority to enact rent control on residential property. That coercion would have trampled private owners rights to their rental properties.

The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states an individual shall not be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

If approved, Prop 21 would have amounted to a taking that required just compensation. If the state government was going to mandate rent control, it should have proposed to reimburse property owners for their financial losses, but it didnt.

In their wisdom, though, California voters rejected this proposition.

The right of all against discrimination

Proposition16 was deceptively titled and described on the November ballot, stating it would have Allow[ed] diversity as a factor in public employment, education, and contracting decisions.

In reality, the proposition would have authorized public employers, educators, and contractors to discriminate and treat people unequally in the name of advantaging others purely on the basis of their race or sex.

But the 14th Amendment states in part: government may not deny to any person the equal protection of the laws. This means that you cannot discriminateagainstanyone orforanyone. All must be treated equally.

Court checks governors powers

There is one other legal matter that should be cited here, related to Californias constitution of California. During the pandemic Gov. Gavin Newsom has unilaterally locked down literally anything he wishes, whenever he wishes, and for however long he wishes.

For this he was sued for exceeding his authority. The judge of the state Superior Court, County of Sutter, ruled on Nov. 2 that the governor unconstitutionally exercised legislative powers by unilaterally amending, altering, or changing existing statutory law or making new statutory law. The judge added that the governors executive order improperly amended existing statutory law, exceeding the governors authority and violating the separation of powers.

California State University students are now mandated to take a course on ethnic studies. Maybe, instead, the course should be on the U.S. Constitution to fend against bad government proposals.

Ronald L. Trowbridge, Ph.D., is a policy fellow at theIndependent Institutein Oakland, Calif. He was appointed by President Reagan to the United States Information Agency and later became chief of staff for U.S. Chief Justice Warren Burger.

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