Does Executive Order 13375 allow the government to quarantine Americans with swine flu?
According to Wikipedia, Executive Order 13375, issued by George Bush in 2005 is as follows: Amendment to Executive Order 13295 Relating to Certain Influenza Viruses and Quarantinable Communicable Diseases Delivered on 1 April 2005. By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 361(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 264(b)), it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Based upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Surgeon General, and for the purpose set forth in section 1 of Executive Order 13295 of April 4, 2003, section 1 of such order is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(c) Influenza caused by novel or reemergent influenza viruses that are causing, or have the potential to cause, a pandemic.”. Sec. 2. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, en
