Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down Stay-at-Home Order

[dalton99a]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/us/coronavirus-cases-deaths.html

Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down Stay-at-Home Order
The decision, by a 4-to-3 majority, was a high-profile challenge of the emergency authority of a statewide official during the coronavirus pandemic.
By Neil Vigdor
May 13, 2020, 7:26 p.m. ET

Wisconsin’s Supreme Court rejected the extension of a stay-at-home order by Gov. Tony Evers on Wednesday, siding with Republicans in a high-profile challenge of the emergency authority of a statewide official during the coronavirus pandemic.

Mr. Evers, a Democrat, had extended the prohibition on most travel and operations of nonessential businesses until May 26. But in a 4-to-3 ruling, the court said that the measure had exceeded the authority given to Wisconsin’s top health official under state law.

“An agency cannot confer on itself the power to dictate the lives of law-abiding individuals as comprehensively as the order does without reaching beyond the executive branch’s authority,” the justices wrote.

The ruling, a spokeswoman for Mr. Evers said, appears to immediately end all provisions that have required Wisconsin residents to stay home. “We’re definitely concerned,” Melissa Baldauff, the spokeswoman said, of the safety and health of residents.

[muntrv]

1. Hey Repukes! Cough cough achoo achoo!

[MyOwnPeace]

2. Same with election day.............

what do they care about the people that "try" to live in their state?

[Cha]

3. Damn.. can you imagine how Gov Evers and Dems who

want to save lives feel about this?

Weren't there some Voters in their primary who came down with CV?

[dalton99a]

8. Yep. This is why Republicans have been busy stacking the courts

so they can hold veto power over Democrats even after they lose at the polls

[Cha]

23. Of course.. the dirty rotten Asshole Ghouls.

[Chainfire]

31. "The purpose of a political party is to acquire power. Alright? Without power, nothing matters,"

Thank you Mr. Carville.

The Republicans get it, the Democrats have not. We are going to have to pull hair, bite and use our fingernails to correct the situation. If we do not regain the power in November, after the disastrous Trump presidency, then, as a The Democratic party and a progressive philosophy, we and the ideals we stand for, will be finished.

Right now, we are holding on by our fingernails.

[oasis]

4. Mottos, N.H.: "Live Free or Die". Wisconsin: "Live and Let Die. nt

[VMA131Marine]

5. So if the number of COVID19 cases spikes after the restrictions are lifted?

Then what?

Illinois, Minnesota, and Michigan better be thinking about closing their borders with Wisconsin.

[Volaris]

25. The same republicans in the legislature that filed the suit,

Will blame the Democratic Governor for not doing enough to keep people alive, is 'then what'.

[Eliot Rosewater]

6. GOP ignores the law, constitution in all cases, always.

[malaise]

7. Did the judges actually get together or did they stay at home and rule?

This is a serious question

[dalton99a]

11. They talked on Zoom

[MoonlitKnight]

12. The hearing was held virtually

Of course.

[Heartstrings]

15. They conferred by phone....

Hypocrites!

[Heartstrings]

9. Yee ha! The bars are opening as I write this! 😡

The Tavern League is a powerful lobby in my state.

Fuck you, Republicans!

[magicarpet]

10. Come hell or high water Republicans want the economy,...

.... to be blazing red hot like it was before the virus. That way Donnie Pandemic can be assured a second term in the Oval.

Who gives a shit how many deaths occur if testing for the virus and quarantining those sick - is not fully in place before the grand reopening of the economy. People die all the time,... they are expendable. Look the other way and ignore the virus deaths. trDumpie needs a booming economic outlook come November.

[BGBD]

16. This won't do it.

You could open every business in the country tomorrow and the economy wouldn't come back. You can't have a strong economy when 2/3 of the population say they aren't comfortable being in a crowd.

I wouldn't change anything about what I'm doing right now if my state suddenly opened. I wouldn't be eating in a restaurant, going to a movie, seeing a concert, catching a game, taking a vacation, none of it. I'll still be doing pickup for groceries, so no going in the store and buying extra things that the stores count on to make their money. This isn't a sudden recovery event, this is going to be with us until there is a way to effectively keep people safe. Republicans don't want to put in the work to achieve that, instead they want to believe in magic.

[Jamastiene]

13. Does this mean all the other states with stay-at-home orders will have to reopen too

now, because Republicans will keep taking it through the courts until they get their way? I believe that is what they intend to do in every state.

We live in such a fucked up country. It will never make sense. Republicans will never allow this country to be great in the first place. How can they claim to want to make it great "again?" As long as Republicans exist in America, America can never reach its full potential and be great.

[mr_lebowski]

17. Thankfully no it does not ... this is the State court, they have no authority outside WI nt

[Wanderlust988]

14. Poor Gov. Evers has got to be the most powerless governor in America

I feel sorry that he can't do what he was elected to do.

[Greybnk48]

18. He's done way more than we thought he could with them

doing the old MCConnell "block everything Obama does" plan. Their days are numbered here.

[Poiuyt]

24. Not the way Wisconsin is gerrymandered

I forgot what the exact proportions were, but the Dems beat the assholes by about 56% - 44% in the last election, but the assholes still took about 55% of the seats.

[Laelth]

19. He did his best.

He did what he felt was right for his constituents. He should sleep well.

-Laelth

[Heartstrings]

27. He looked downright devastated!

Doubt if he’ll sleep at all tonight.....

[Laelth]

28. You're probably right.

I still think he has no cause to be ashamed of his service to the people of Wisconsin. He can’t control the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He did everything he could do to protect his people.

-Laelth

[Heartstrings]

29. He did and he's just terribly disappointed....

[OrlandoDem2]

20. This is why Democrats must GOTV. We need to take back the courts!

[Heartstrings]

21. Gov. Evers to be on Rachel's show tonight....

Ari is the host, Rachel’s off tonight.

[MFGsunny]

22. Honest to goodness REAL thoughts and prayers to Wisconsin. What a clusterfudge!

When will the stench of Scott Walker stop being toxic for Wisconsin? The Wisconsin Supreme Court (SC) was always in Repuke peril.

With even more work, Democrats can keep inching their way in, as they have so far. Thank goodness, AND great candidates.

Certainly, another Dem primary win for SC (same two candidates face off in Nov.). Technically, WI SC candidates run as nonpartisan.

[Heartstrings]

26. Dane County (my County)

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just announced their own safer at home emergency order 10 minutes ago which goes until the 26th. I feel a bit safer....Even if it’s only for a brief time.

But like our Governor stated “now we have 72 different rules to deal with.“ Each County is on its own.

And we’re open for business for people from Illinois and Minnesota.....

I’m so pissed!

[GusBob]

30. Just saw on FB the health director of Brown County

Reinstated the order for her county

Its fucking chaos