Whereas in response to the COVID–19 outbreak, Governors and local officials across the Nation have abused their authority by infringing on the constitutional rights of all Americans, ordering private businesses to close, requiring citizens to stay in their homes, and imposing draconian punishments for violations; Whereas these officials picked winners and losers using subjective rationale to determine which businesses and activities are essential to the public and prohibiting the purchase of products they do not believe to be life sustaining; Whereas more than 33 million Americans have lost their jobs and filed for unemployment over the last 7 weeks; Whereas demand for assistance from food banks, reports of suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, child abuse, and domestic violence have dramatically increased during the shutdown; Whereas Americans across the country are calling on leaders to provide relief through reopening the economy; Whereas many leaders are rebuffing the demands of the people and imposing heavy-handed punishments on individuals trying to provide for their families; Whereas, on March 22, 2020, Dallas County, Texas, ordered hair salons, nail salons, barbershops, and other businesses determined to be nonessential to indefinitely close; Whereas Shelley Luther, owner of Salon À la Mode in Dallas, Texas, followed the order and closed her business, but, after unsuccessfully applying for Small Business Administration loans and unemployment insurance, decided it was essential to the well-being of her family and her employees to reopen on April 24, 2020; Whereas the salon employed security guards to manage incoming and outgoing customers, set service stations six feet apart, requested customers remain in their car until their appointments, required everyone to wear a facemask, required stylists to change gloves after each customer, and took the temperatures of customers