The president claimed that the Constitution gives him the power to order governors to reopen their economies against the recommendations of their own public health experts.
President Donald Trump on Monday claimed that he has"total authority" to override state governors' stay-at-home orders if they conflict with his plan to reopen the country's economy by relaxing the social distancing measures meant to hinder the spread of COVID-19.
Because state governors—not the president—have the power to issue orders to close businesses and impose other measures within their states' borders, it has been governors who have imposed the social distancing measures recommended by public health experts, including restricting large gatherings, limiting travel within their states and prohibiting certain businesses from operating.
He also explained his decision to not issue any sort of national stay-at-home order as resulting from the Constitution placing such decisions squarely in the hands of state governors, not the federal government.
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