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1455, 14 Apr 21

Wisconsin Supreme Court Continues to Reestablish Normal Order

Excellent.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Gov. Tony Evers’ administration does not have the authority to issue capacity limits on bars, restaurants and other businesses without approval of the Legislature, a ruling that comes two weeks after the conservative-controlled court struck down the state’s mask mandate.

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The Supreme Court ruled 4-3 Wednesday that the order issued by Evers’ Department of Health Services meets the definition of a rule, which by law must go through the Legislature.
Once again, what should have been a 7-0 ruling had three dissenters who are perfectly fine with the Executive exercising arbitrary power over all of Wisconsin. We are one Justice away…
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1455, 14 April 2021

5 Comments

  1. dad29

    No, we are one-and-a-half away. And I can name the half-ass.

  2. MjM

    I think you mean only 1/2 away, daddio….

    “Conservative justice Brian Hagedorn concurred separately, saying though the May ruling was flawed in his view, it now governs how Evers may implement mitigation efforts.

    Hagedorn in May sided with the court’s liberal minority to oppose striking down the stay-at-home order.

    “We held that (the spring) statewide order limiting public gatherings (along with a number of other restrictions) meets the statutory definition of a rule, and must be promulgated as a rule to have legal effect. Respect for this court and its authority compels me to stand by that decision today,” he wrote. “

  3. dad29

    Math is hard.

  4. Mar

    Public school math, Dad?

  5. Mar

    Meanwhile, the fake doctor Fauci gets schooled today by Jim Jordan.
    And the fake doctor is left babbling and sputtering and angry that someone with a brain would question the fake doctor.
    I guess the fake doctor is angry that someone is questioning his babbling and nonsense.

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