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The Wisconsin Supreme Court says that it will take up the case put forth by Wisconsin Republican legislative leaders and their effort to block Governor Tony Evers’ “Safer at Home” coronavirus safety order for Wisconsin citizens until May 26.
As reported by the Journal Sentinel’s Patrick Marley…
BREAKING: Wisconsin Supreme Court accepts challenge to @GovEvers‘ stay-at-home order.
— Patrick Marley (@patrickdmarley) May 1, 2020
Arguments will be held Tuesday.
“The Legislature respectfully suggests that this Court stay enforcement of its injunction for a period of six days, to allow DHS sufficient time to promulgate a new emergency rule consistent with Wisconsin law,” the suit says in its conclusion.
“The public outcry over the Safer at Home order continues to increase as positive COVID cases decrease or remain flat. There’s immense frustration regarding the extension, as it goes beyond the executive branch’s statutory powers,” said Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, according to TMJ4 News.
The move is a declining of the request Governor Evers made earlier this week to keep “Safer at Home” measures in place and throw out the suit.
(Click here to read the response in full.)
The response asks for the Supreme Court to throw out the lawsuit, saying the repercussions of such a move “endangers lives.”
“Safer at Home is working. It is saving lives,” said Governor Tony Evers in a statement.
“This lawsuit puts people’s lives at risk by trying to take away Safer at Home, the best and most effective tool we have to save lives and prevent our hospitals from being overrun.”