What gives the Gov of Alabama the power to mandate masks?

Nobody has that power.

I have the same question for almost all the politicians doing this. I thought congress enacted laws and an executive signed them into existence and a court either upheld or overturned them.

Not any of this I decree bullshite

All absolutely correct. I said the same thing back in March when John Bel Edwards shut down the bars. What gives him the authority?

There has to be something in the state’s constitution expressing and limiting the governor’s power, right?

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And the mask mandate is not legal.

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Really? And what law does it violate? Unless Alabama law strictly forbids the Governor from issuing Public Safety Executive Orders -- I assure you she's allowed.

It's Constitutional on the federal level as well. So I don't understand why people are calling it Unconstitutional -- clearly you've never taken a course on the Constitution.

No one can just arbitrarily choose what business can be open. People should be up in arms. I feel like we are in Cuba.

Who are we to question the innate wisdom that comes with a long career in public service? Ivey has been eating at the public trough nearly her entire adult live.

If the state has the power to make you wear a motorcycle helmet, or they can make people cover their genitalia in public, they can make you wear a mask. There may be specific issues on a state by state basis as to whether the right steps were taken, and whether the right branch of government is acting, but generally the state has broad powers to regulate behavior in the name of public safety. Notice these only apply to people being in public, not in your house.

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If the state has the power to make you wear a motorcycle helmet, or they can make people cover their genitalia in public, they can make you wear a mask. There may be specific issues on a state by state basis as to whether the right steps were taken, and whether the right branch of government is acting, but generally the state has broad powers to regulate behavior in the name of public safety. Notice these only apply to people being in public, not in your house.

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So what you’re saying is the state can legally make you wear whatever it wants. For example, the state can say something like you must wear an identifying mark, maybe something like a yellow five pointed star sewn to your shirt for example, then it’s legal?

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So what you’re saying is the state can legally make you wear whatever it wants. For example, the state can say something like you must wear an identifying mark, maybe something like a yellow five pointed star sewn to your shirt for example, then it’s legal?

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Technically would have to pass the rational-basis test, which is a super low bar. Your example wouldn't, but if it would show to help public safety, it certainly would. Just needs a valid reason to pass that test -- again, what a reasonable person would believe. Many on here aren't reasonable though, so there's that.