It's time for a discussion about "essential" vs. "non-essential" businesses in light of DeBlasio's recent announcement With the recent announcement of DeBlasio once again shutting businesses down it emphasizes that one of the most disturbing things about this whole Covid 'scandemic' is the narrative about "essential" vs. "non-essential" businesses which is blatantly unconstitutional. No where is case law, in either federal law or any state law, is there a definition of essential or non-essential businesses. This doesn't exist anywhere because any such law would be invalidated as unconstitutional because it violates the 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clauses. Executive Branch members do NOT have the power to write law yet, by defining these essential/non-essential businesses, they have basically exceeded their authority and done so - even though such law is unconstitutional. If such laws did exist, they would need to define exactly what is an essential business. How is a hardware store essential but getting early cancer screenings non-essential (per Whitmer)? How is it that buying plumbing supplies in a hardware store is essential but buying paint is non-essential? How are casinos essential but gyms are not? You get the gist of the insanity of it and why the constitution doesn't allow it. Can't an essential business be defined as any business that provides people with a living? Or is it those businesses that provide the greatest tax base? Two federal judges have already ruled these actions unconstitutional in other cases versus the states, yet governors and mayors continue to implement their unconstitutional shutdowns or control of private businesses despite these rulings. I have wondered why the DOJ hasn't been all over such unconstitutional actions. The 14th amendment is supposed to protect private businesses from this exact government abuse without any form of due process or compensation. How is a business owner in NYC, for example, who was shut down, allowed to open, and is now being told to shut down again, supposed to plan or provide a living for employees when they don't know if they are going to be open the next month or not? I wish there was more discussion about this blatant abuse of authority (writing law by the executive branches) and that it, in itself, is expressly prohibited by the US Constitution. I am curious what other voaters think about this.