“Constitution is not suspended when the government declares a state of disaster.” 


“In the weeks since American governments began taking emergency measures in response to the coronavirus, the sovereign people of this country have graciously and peacefully endured a suspension of their civil liberties without precedent in our nation’s history.“
“Tens of millions can no longer earn a living because the government has declared their employers or their businesses “‘non-essential.’”
“If we tolerate unconstitutional government orders during an emergency, whether out of expediency or fear, we abandon the Constitution at the moment we need it most.”
“Any government that has made the grave decision to suspend the liberties of a free people during a health emergency should welcome the opportunity to demonstrate—both to its citizens and to the courts—that its chosen measures are absolutely necessary to combat a threat...”
“As more becomes known about the threat and about the less restrictive, more targeted ways to respond to it, continued burdens on constitutional liberties may not survive judicial scrutiny.”
“No court should relish being asked to question the judgment of government officials who were elected to make difficult decisions...However, when constitutional rights are at stake, courts cannot automatically defer to the judgments of other branches of government.”
“When properly called upon, the judicial branch must not shrink from its duty to require the government’s anti-virus orders to comply with the Constitution and the law, no matter the circumstances.”
Selected quotes from the Texas Supreme Court from In Re Salon A La Mode, No. 20-0340, (Tex. 2020) (J. Blacklock concurring), https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1446506/200340c.pdf