Wisconsin Gov. Says State is 'Wild West' After Stay-at-Home Order Ruling

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers said the state was the "Wild West" on Wednesday night after the Wisconsin Supreme Court blocked an extension of his stay-at-home order.

The Democratic state leader told MSNBC that judges had created "chaos" in Wisconsin by voting 4-3 against the extension of state lockdown measures until May 26. Wisconsin Supreme Court judges ruled on Wednesday that his stay-at-home extension was "unlawful, invalid and unenforceable."

The governor warned that there was "nothing compelling anyone to do anything" in Wisconsin as the novel coronavirus continued to spread across the U.S.

Speaking to MSNBC last night, Gov. Evers said: "It was four members of the court who made a decision that wasn't based on statute, precedents, or the facts, unfortunately."

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/wisconsin-gov-says-state-is-wild-west-after-stay-at-home-order-ruling/ar-BB144tqD?ocid=msedgdhp

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Well, now the Wisconsin Supreme Court has blood on its hands by ruling based on hypotheticals, rather than current facts. The interesting thing is that Wisconsin legislature sued when the Governor was just acting based on the statutes on the books. The Legislature could have always changed the law, but Republicans did not want to. They just wanted to posture for the reopen crowd and make the Governor the bad guy. Unfortunately, the Wisconsin Supreme Court bought into the argument.

[PJMcK]

1. Well, at least the taverns will be opened (n/t)

[old guy]

3. The Tavern League is the one opening the state.

They spend hundreds of thousands of lobby dollars buying right wing politicians to do their bidding. This is their payback.

It also helps the county coffers as a good deal of revenue comes from drunk drivers. Let the games begin.

[samnsara]

2. i live in the far West and we are more civilized than Wisconsin....

[Fullduplexxx]

4. I dont understand how their supreme court was allowed to even hear this

Saying it's unconstitutional isnt saying anything what consitutional provision was violated ?

[Luciferous]

5. I don't care what they opened I'm still staying home!

[Talitha]

22. Me too! And I'm still going to distance myself and wear a mask.

[Luciferous]

23. Yep I'm still wearing my mask and only going out when necessary.

[Chainfire]

6. It could end up being

a self-correcting problem. I am with you, I don't give a damn what my Republican governor or my state Supreme Court does, I am hunkering down until the medical issue resolves itself.

I think that there ruling was very political and short-sighted and that it will come back to bite the people of the state in the ass.

[Timewas]

7. Sad

Families will suffer along with the idiots but the smart ones will stay home and survive, the stupid will get sick and die a painful death like Ron White says " You Can't Fix Stupid" But there will be less of them

[Javaman]

8. WI will be like how NYC was in the March. this won't be good. nt

[Bengus81]

11. Like when DeBlasio was telling NY peeps to continue as normal and him and his family

were going to China town that night to have dinner, riding the subways were safe. He waited another week or two until the cases and the dead started piling up and then suddenly became a champion against the CV.

[IronLionZion]

17. What's wrong with Chinatown?

The NYC subway has been open this whole time.

[Bengus81]

19. LOL...what's wrong with Yankee Stadium?

Sure the subways are open WITH lot's of restrictions, that wasn't the case when his top health official was telling the masses to jump on and all is well in mid-March. My point is De Blaiso pulled a Trump and blew the whole thing off like Trump until he (or his handlers) realized how bad it was getting.

He was saying all is well a couple of weeks after Trump called it all a hoax at that Nazi rally in late Feb. Guess he believed Trump.

[Jimbo S]

32. Disagree

WI is not NYC. We don't have the population density. Outside of the SE counties and Green Bay, the COVID has had a relatively small impact.

[johnthewoodworker]

9. As a resident of Northern Wisconsin I am living in a red county. Republicans here are concerned only

with their own power. They are not going to let some democrat from the state capitol dictate life saving measures on them. You can generally tell party affiliation here by mask wearing. About half of the people in the grocery store wear masks. This is going to be one bizarre, dangerous year. Practice your best self care methods.

[Talitha]

24. I'm in Lincoln County and you're absolutely right about the masks.

I just wish we could get the kind that protect us from the virus. The cloth ones might slow down the spread, but I want to protect myself from those mouth-breathing crazies.

[usaf-vet]

10. Unfortunately, the Wisconsin Supreme Court bought into the argument. Actually the court was......

...... bought & paid for, JUST for future arguments. It continues to serve the people that bought them.

Wisconsin Supreme Court is an arm of the GOP party.

[Bengus81]

12. 291 new cases yesterday but....beer kills corona virus!!!

Idiots........

[KS Toronado]

13. This is the same court that said you have to go vote in person......leading to people getting the

coronavirus, aren't they supposed to protect and serve the public? They appear to only be serving "R" politicans. Wonder if they could be sued and removed from office over this? Anyone know if any of the people who caught the virus by voting in person died as a result? That alone should be basis for a wrongful death suit.

[Jimbo S]

31. Their purpose

is to interpret the laws, not protect the public.

[question everything]

14. When will the judges stand for re elections?

Sees that they, like the legislators, are intend to stick it to the Democratic governor at every turn.

[Corgigal]

15. Well,

we can only hope that one of those 4 members of the Supreme Court, doesn’t have to explain their political opinion about science to a personal family member.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

16. COVIDIOT cowboys

[sybylla]

18. These GOP mfers are already trying to make Evers' administration do all their work.

https://www.wispolitics.com/2020/gop-leaders-waiting-for-evers-proposal-after-supreme-court-strikes-down-stay-at-home-order/

These fuckers went to court to block Evers' plan. Now they are waiting for him to come up with a new one. All the while they were in court, they claimed they already had their own.

Remember in school how the rich kids bullied others to do their homework? Yeah, it's kind of like that.

Evers called them into several special sessions after they high-tailed it out of town in February. They refused and left him to deal with it, took him to court on everything to shut it down.

Maybe it's time for the plan to be giving them lots and lots of rope. Let the fuckers hang themselves.

[NickB79]

20. Videos online show packed bars last night

It's likely that thousands will be infected by this weekend.

Good job, cheeseheads.

[luv2fly]

27. Some...

not ALL of us cheeseheads.

[nwliberalkiwi]

21. Will Wisconsin Go Blue

The Darwinian way to turn Wisconsin Blue. Have another beer you idiot right-wingers!!! I'm past being nice to stupid people!!!

[Talitha]

25. I wish beer could wash away their gerrymandering.

[tinymontgomery]

26. Governor shouldn't do anything

Governor shouldn't do anything, get on tv and tell everyone that the republicans now need to come
up with a plan to solve any issues that arise. Push the court decision down their throats and any
one else that wanted no restrictions. If they start complaining, and I know he can't, say you got what you asked for now you fend for your problems. If they didn't want to have a free for all opening
then take care of them.

[BatteriesNotNeeded]

28. it gets more stupid and dangerous

In northern Wisconsin, most of those folks go to Duluth, Mn, 3 hospitals for care. There is only a small VA hospital in Superior--even most of the vets go to St. Paul for their care. Minnesota is not going to be thrilled to have to accept all those people from Wisconsin, it's going to overwhelm their hospitals and health care workers. Wisconsin's health care system is shitty to begin with. Minnesota will get stuck subsidizing all those Wisconsin covid patients. Duluth is my hometown, so this pisses me off even though I don't live there anymore.

I did volunteer work for Democrat candidates in Wisconsin because I live on the border in Illinois. I want to see those GOP'rs run out on a rail.

One bright spot though, most of those knuckle dragging, non mask wearers will bear the brunt of getting sick/dying. less GOP voters.

[EleanorR]

29. Chaos is the point

An every person for themselves environment where no one trusts institutions to function as they should allows autocrats to thrive.

[Steelrolled]

30. I suspect a lot of the state orders might not withstand a challenge in court

It puts the judges in a difficult position of ruling on the letter of the law, or bending it a little for the public good.