Arguments Against Anthrax Law

When first presented with emergency powers, my mind goes straight to a martial law type of event. It’s hard to imagine a situation dire enough that would constitute emergency powers being evoked on an entire population in that manner, but I suppose anything is possible in this day and age. Of course anytime we are talking of robbing people of their life, liberty, or property, you can be certain it will be challenged in the supreme courts. In fact; throughout our history we have seen this exact battle take place on numerous occasions. According to (Hunter, 2009), “Most cases have centered on certain core protections, such as advance notice of the impeding government actions, the right to a hearing, and an impartial decision maker (pg. 35). For the purpose of this paper I will use a scenario in which the continental United States has just experienced a terrorist attack using a weaponized anthrax aerosol bomb, and the government has just announced that everyone must get an anthrax vaccine. I could support this using numerous Supreme Court hearings that have taken
The last hurdle to overcome is the equal protection of the law. According to (Hunter, 2009), this law requires that I not exempt certain classifications of people from getting that vaccination while enforcing my law. This is easily avoided by requiring all citizens be vaccinated within the confines of the FDA approval rating of the vaccination.
I have easily shown that the requirement of the vaccine does not infringe on peoples life, liberty, or freedom, as it does the greater good of the community by having all people get it. I have also avoided any equal protection of the law by requiring everyone to get the vaccine as long as they fall into the FDA approval categories. I have not excluded any groups, other than medical waivers, or people whom the FDA has already determined should not use the