LANSING, Mich. — Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Homeland Defense Strategy and retired Brigadier General Michael C.H. McDaniel, associate dean at WMU-Cooley Law School, shared the following about the Coronavirus.
“It is imperative that in a time of crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, that multiple agencies come together early and quickly to stop the spread of infectious disease. Though the United States’ response is being and will be evaluated both politically and on its merits, it is important for our nation’s leaders at all levels to come together with the proper agencies to protect our citizens. It is important to understand that beyond the federal government’s response, many states quickly adopted guidelines set by the nation’s Center for Disease Control.
Public health laws fall within the state’s police powers. Though states have the right to create quarantine zones, it is federal law that protects the nation from health threats at its international borders and the federal government does have the right to assert primary responsibility to this pandemic based in interstate travel/commerce.”
-Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Homeland Defense Strategy and retired Brigadier General Michael C.H. McDaniel
In addition to serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Homeland Defense, McDaniel also served under Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm as her Homeland Security Adviser in 2003 and served in that capacity until July 2009. At the same time, he also served as the Assistant Adjutant General for Homeland Security, Michigan National Guard.
He joined the WMU-Cooley Law School full-time faculty as a professor in the Constitutional Law Department in 2010, and developed an LL.M. program in Homeland and National Security Law.
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