Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Governor's State Lockdown Extension

Declaring that the state’s top health official wrongly bypassed legislative oversight, the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down the Evers’ administration’s extended lockdown of the state.

The 4-3 decision by the conservative-led court declares Wisconsin Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm’s Emergency Order 28 “unlawful, invalid, and unenforceable.”

Palm’s extended order, issued before Evers’ first stay-at-home edict was set to expire on April 24, criminalized what are generally constitutionally protected activities — free travel, operating a business, attending church, among other such lockdown “crimes.” That’s a point outgoing Justice Daniel Kelly drove home during last week’s oral arguments before the court.

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