It could soon be illegal to publicly wear a mask for health reasons in North Carolina

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It could soon be illegal to publicly wear a mask for health reasons in NC
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Pretty sure a SCOTUS justice said that they can't trust prosecutors to not do this just a month ago.

Yeah, that's just simply not how laws work... and even if they did, for a time, people could forget and prosecute later, bc that's what the law says to do.

I think I missed that one. Got a case name for it?

Trump v. United States

https://archive.org/details/CSPAN_20240428_171000_Supreme_Court_Hears_Case_on_Fmr._Pres._Trumps_Immunity_Claim/start/3960/end/4020

https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/23-939_f2qg.pdf

CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: Well, that's what I -- I mean, shortly after that statement in the court, that -- court's opinion, that's what they said, but there's no reason to worry because the prosecutor will act in good faith and there's no reason to worry because a grand jury will have returned the indictment. Now you know how easy it is in many cases for a prosecutor to get a grand jury to bring an indictment, and reliance on the faith -- good faith of the prosecutor may not be enough in the -- some cases. I'm not suggesting here.