[king07828]

> Executive orders that deprive natural rights are unconstitutional and thus illegal.

This may be a reference to the unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness [1] which may be protected by the 10th amendment to the US constitution [3] (reserving rights ... to the people) and the due process clauses [4] from the 5th and 14th amendments to the US constitution.

> Which right gives you the ability to operate your business during a pandemic?

Since "No person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law" [4], the proper questions may instead be: What law gives government the power to close down businesses during a pandemic and was due process followed in the passage and execution of that law?

Arguably, the shelter in place orders may or may not be constitutional. Practically speaking, telling people to stay home for a few weeks using the threat of the shelter in place orders most likely helped the medical community get a grip on the situation, regardless of the constitutionality of those orders, which may explain the lack of resistance in passing those orders. However, at what point is "the cure ... worse than the disease" [5], i.e., at what point will the overall net net net effect of maintaining the shelter in place orders be worse than rescinding those orders?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life,_Liberty_and_the_pursuit_... (citing to [2])

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_rights_and_legal_right...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_Amendment_to_the_United_...

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Due_Process_Clause

[5] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/the_cure_is_worse_than_the_di...