Hoover Institution fellow John Yoo discusses whether President Trump can unilaterally “reopen” the country; how much power the states’ governors have to regulate businesses, parks, and other facilities; whether we can make China pay for the economic damage the CCP has wrought; and when and how these interminable lockdowns will end.

In late March—even before many states had issued shelter-in-place, stay-at-home, or shutdown orders—we noted that firms were bracing for a huge negative impact on sales revenues from developments surrounding the coronavirus. 

The director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education, Robin Lake, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss a new report published by CRPE which details school district response plans to Covid-19.

As of the first week of May, more than 66,000 Americans have died from the COVID-19 pandemic. Given that three to four weeks typically elapse before death, thousands more who are already infected will also succumb to the virus. That said, the direct toll from the infection has markedly declined throughout the United States, including the epicenter of New York.