You Can't Punch Me in the Nose
There’s an old legal adage that goes something like this: “Your right to swing your fist ends where someone else’s nose begins.” That’s a colorful way of saying that while we all have rights, our rights end where someone else’s rights begin. For the past few months we’ve been hearing a lot about individual rights. People say the government doesn’t have a right to tell them to stay home. People say the government doesn’t have a right to close their place of business. People sa