Abstract
The author created this paper for a class assignment testing students’ knowledge of constitutional law. The assignment was to write a legal brief addressing the constitutionality of a statewide mask mandate during the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 is an airborne disease that can be transmitted from person to person up to six feet apart. The hypothetical facts provided for this brief were that a suit was filed in Pennsylvania state court by a group of individuals in opposition to the state’s mask mandate that was enacted to address the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal of this brief is to demonstrate knowledge of how courts address constitutional issues, how fundamental rights are established or violated, and how to write persuasively and concisely. The data in this brief was accurate as of May 2021. With those goals in mind, the following brief was the result.
Recommended Citation
Riley, Margaret
(2022)
"Make Pennsylvania Free Again,"
The Compass: Vol. 1:
Iss.
9, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.arcadia.edu/thecompass/vol1/iss9/3