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The coronavirus pandemic gripping the nation has brought to the fore the wide range of emergency powers that our state and national leaders have at their command. Panelists at the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting discussed whether the executive orders issued by President Donald Trump and the governors violate civil liberties. The panel was composed of retired Judge Harriet Derman and attorneys Jeffrey S. Jacobson, Lawrence Lustberg and Rajiv D. Parikh. More than 100 federal laws were activated when Trump declared a national emergency on March 13, and governors across the country, including in New Jersey, have issued quarantine ...

Picture this – you wake up one morning, go downstairs and start that first pot of coffee. You look out your kitchen window and see what looks like a remote control plane zipping by. As you calmly take your cup of coffee out into the beautiful morning sunshine, you watch as this device hovers over your roof and then slowly stops at each of your upstairs windows, before leaving the air space above your house and landing in your neighbor’s yard. What you have just seen is a drone. Something that can be purchased at Amazon.com or at Brookstone for $300 – and there is no law against buying one and taking it home. At the NJSBA Annual Meeting and Convention, ...