Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down Tony Evers' stay-at-home order that closed businesses, schools

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Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down Tony Evers' stay-at-home order that closed businesses, schools to limit spread of coronavirus

MADISON - The Wisconsin Supreme Court has struck down Gov. Tony Evers' order shutting down daily life to limit the spread of coronavirus — marking the first time a statewide order of its kind has been knocked down by a court of last resort.

The state's highest court, which is controlled by conservatives, sided with Republican lawmakers Wednesday in a decision that curbed the Evers administration's power to act unilaterally during public health emergencies.

The 4-3 decision was written by four of the court’s conservatives – Chief Justice Patience Roggensack and Justices Rebecca Bradley, Daniel Kelly and Annette Ziegler.

The court’s fifth conservative, Brian Hagedorn, wrote a dissent joined by the court’s two liberals, Ann Walsh Bradley and Rebecca Dallet.

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https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2020/05/13/wisconsin-supreme-court-strikes-down-tony-evers-coronavirus-orders/5179205002/

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Cons care nothing for the law, at all...We keep playing by the rules, they keep ignoring the law

IN EVERY INSTANCE...when does this end?

Was there an honest con here? Yes, so we wont call him a con...

but you know what I mean.

[Joinfortmill]

2. Wisconsin is one mess after the other.

[Eyeball_Kid]

3. So it's possible for Wisc. Supreme Court to not see the forest for the trees. The result?

Death for thousands. Needless death. Cheeseheads will love this shit show.

Something tells me that this decision will NOT make things better in Wisconsin. Infections will skyrocket, so will deaths, and the health care system will hemorrhage. Have fun, folks. Blame it on Republicans on the Court.

[AleksS]

4. When two branches of govt collude against the third

Bad things happen.

The repubs of WI are murderous, cartoonishly-evil, charicatures Of humans.

The gop legislature knows the sup. court will rubber stamp any suit they bring so they’re completely shameless. It’s heartbreaking.

[snowybirdie]

5. The Democrats

should immediately cancel the Milwaukee convention. Unsafe conditions.

[StClone]

6. Jesus what a Shit hole country-state

[Tech]

7. My daughter called freaking out a little. She manages a bar, and is 8 months pregnant.

Her biggest concern is losing the little bit of unemployment she gets. Some of her friends have gotten nothing so far, and she has seen nothing of the extra 600.00/month. If they are forced open, no UI at all. I was feeling pretty good about the state with testing for covid available for all, and then these asshats do this. I will be in the phone again tomorrow. I am so tired of them all.

[milestogo]

8. So nobody knows what this means.

Do people who are furloughed have to go back to work or lose their unemployment?

Do businesses have to reopen, even if they aren't ready?

What happens when we get a spike of new infections in June?

I hate Repulicans.

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9. Summer term at UW is already planned to be virtual

I don't see that changing at this point.

There is supposed to be about another month of public school this year. Dane county has it's own SafeAtHome order, but not sure what the rest of the state is going to do.

And I'm not sure that the Republican legislature won't try to force both Dane County and UW System to go back early, regardless of what the UW System, and local school boards, want to do.

This is all just pretty fucked up.