Let's just ignore the fact that the 1st Amendment protects the citizens freedom to assemble. Some states are forcing people to wear masks when in public. Police are going into stores, gas stations, etc. and removing/fining people thousands of $ because they're "not wearing a mask and therefore risking public health". Show me, where in the constitution, these powers are given to the government? In cases like these, it **is our mandate as citizen of the US, to practice civil disobedience in the face of a tyrannical government**. Proof? The Declaration of Independence.. > We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.— That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,— **That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government**, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. [sauce](https://constitution.org/us_doi.pdf) 1984 has been here for awhile. This is just an example of the government flexing it's muscles, to demonstrate how powerful it really is.