Wisconsin supreme court strikes down stay-at-hone order. On Rachel/Ari now.

[UTUSN]

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/13/politics/wisconsin-supreme-court-strikes-down-stay-at-home-order/index.html

Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down state's stay-at-home order

.... In a 4-3 decision Wednesday, the court ruled that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' administration overstepped its authority when the state Department of Health Services extended the order to May 26.

The ruling comes after the Legislature's Republican leaders filed a lawsuit last month arguing the order would cost Wisconsin residents their jobs and hurt many companies, asserting that if it was left in place, "our State will be in shambles."

The suit was filed specifically against state Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm and other health officials, who made the decision in mid-April to extend the state's "Safer at Home" emergency order. At the same time as the extension, the state loosened some restrictions on certain businesses, including golf courses, public libraries, and arts and crafts stores.

But the justices wrote in their decision Wednesday that "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."

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[Cha]

1. KR!

[UTUSN]

2. Thanks, just saw this is a Dupe, but I checked (not well enough), so, oh well!1

[Cha]

14. Important enough to be said

Twice.

BeSafe, UTUSN

[NurseJackie]

3. It will become a new and growing hotspot.

JYW&S.

[UTUSN]

4. Governor: "4 members of court made decision not based on precedents or facts, unfortunately"

"There are no restrictions tonight, at this point in time, no orders all over the state. Open, more cases more deaths."

[SheltieLover]

5. And

Are judges STILL working remotely, by chance? 🤬

[UTUSN]

6. Hah - I guess they don't have to, now - "It's the Wild West" (said the Governor).

[SheltieLover]

12. 😳

[Talitha]

7. Governor Evers has been fighting for us since his first day in office.

But the damned repugs that slithered in and stole our beautiful state are a bunch of vindictive little bitches - just like their orange leader that slithered in and stole our white house.

[hauckeye]

8. It's a mess

Some cities and counties are extending the stay-at-home orders, but the Tavern League told bars they could open tonight.

[roamer65]

9. Stay at home anyway, Wisconsin.

[UTUSN]

10. Governor said all that's left is county-by-county administrative orders.

[roamer65]

11. Be safe and well, UTUSN.

Sad it’s come to this out there.

[UTUSN]

13. Back atcha, but this thing is catching fire other places -