GOP lawmakers ask Supreme Court to block Tony Evers' order to stay home

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Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel





Molly Beck, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 2:22 p.m. CT April 21, 2020
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"Purporting to act under color of State law, an unelected, unconfirmed cabinet secretary has laid claim to a suite of czar-like powers — unlimited in scope and indefinite in duration — over the people of Wisconsin," the complaint reads.

Republicans are seeking to curb Evers' power over how the state responds to the virus outbreak by bypassing lower courts and going straight to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which is controlled by conservatives.


Fitzgerald and Vos argue the restrictions in place under orders signed by Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm shouldn't apply to rural counties with many fewer cases of the virus than cities like Milwaukee and Madison.

"Just as troubling, the Secretary asserts that her go-it-alone shutdown authority has no expiration date — making it greater than even the Governor’s emergency powers," the complaint says. "... by the time the Secretary sees fit to lift her decree (be it in five weeks or eight months), many Wisconsinites will have lost their jobs, and many companies will have gone under, to say nothing of the Order’s countless other downstream societal effects. Our State will be in shambles."

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Read more: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/21/wisconsin-gop-lawmakers-ask-supreme-court-block-tony-evers-stay-at-home-orders/2998649001/

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My heart just sunk when I read this. WI SC is controlled by Scott Walker conservative judges. damn



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Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, left, and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, speak to members of the media. (Photo: Steve Apps, Associated Press)



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Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) Secretary Andrea Palm speaks at a briefing to discuss updates to the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19).Buy Photo

[Iliyah]

1. They are doing it again . . .

[riversedge]

2. well, the repugs got their way during Election day so they will try again. damn

[Fullduplexxx]

3. And there was an effort to recall Walker and Wisconsin sin put him right back in

[Cha]

4. Good Luck Wisconsin!

[riversedge]

10. Thanks. I hate to be a debbie downer but given our SC make up, I am not encouraged.

[Cha]

14. There's reason to be aftter in person

voting was mandated in Wisconsin by SC.. to no avail. They lost their stupid conjob judge.

[turbinetree]

5. They epitomize the word death panel...............

[Greybnk48]

6. WE GOT RID OF WALKER!

Our Democratic Governor, Tony Evers, is under attack by Teabagger hangers on, Vos and Fitzgerald, who were part of the Teabagger/Koch/Walker mafia.

The majority in Wisconsin wants rid of these fuckers, as witnessed by the recent Democratic Supreme Court win over an incumbent right wing Walker asshole, Kelly. But the illegal gerrymander keeps many of these scumbags in office. That and Republican cheating on elections with Jim Crow Id's, and cutting voting polls and cutting absentee, and trying to cut registration, etc.

IT SUCKS.

[riversedge]

17. yes. it sucks. damn

[AllaN01Bear]

7. these so and sos really want us to die , dont they? fuck em.

sick of them constantly trying to change the rules mid stream.

[LisaM]

8. They've already shown that they want to expose people to COVID during the election.

Now they want to kill even more people.

Something is wrong with the Wisconsin Republicans, and it's really frightening. I've always thought of Wisconsin as a fairly progressive place - and I think it still is - but there have really been some shenanigans the last 10 or 15 years.

[Augiedog]

9. The Republican death cult in action

[Wellstone ruled]

11. The new test case

for the Supreme Court eh? So this is what Barr has been angling for. Odds are the Koch Family,and the a Think Tank from Wisconsin is pushing this sucker.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. Somehow...

...even that gang of lackeys might see this as a third rail and refuse to hear it until it passed through lower courts.

[bluestarone]

12. Could we be lucky enough the whole fucking legislature will be

REPLACED in NOV.?

[iluvtennis]

13. Pigs...they are only concerned about wealth over health. People lives are collateral damage. nt

[McCamy Taylor]

16. States make health decisions.

But I would just love to see all those "right to life" Injustices declare that old folks should all just die.