I didn't think these goofballs would screw up the timing of when the Safer at Home order would end. I figured they'd strike it down, but it would be largely symbolic, where they'd give the Legislature and Department of Health Services around 10 days to work something out.
But noooo, the WMC puppets couldn't even get that right.
GOP lawmakers, who filed suit, had asked court for an injunction preventing enforcement of the order, but to stay that to provide time to work out a deal with guv.
— JR Ross (@jrrosswrites) May 13, 2020
Conservative majority noted more than two weeks had passed since it began considering the case, denying request.
In other words, the Safer at Home order is ended IMMEDIATELY, where theoretically bars and sit-down restaurants could open tonight! The Wisconsin Tavern League even jumped in and seemed to encourage this behavior.
In a 4-3 ruling the State Supreme Court found the Emergency Orders issued by Secretary Palm as unlawful, invalid and unenforceable. The result of this decision is business can open immediately. Please follow the WEDC guidelines you can find on the TLW website.
— Tavern League of Wisconsin (@tavernleaguewi) May 13, 2020
Even worse, Chief Justice Pat Roggensack said that there should be time given to have the Legislature and the Evers Administration try to work this out. But then she didn't join the 3 dissenting justices in staying the decision!
Some early confusion on whether there was a stay issued in this case. It was not. The majority opinion did not grant it. "Safer at Home" is struck down immediately.
— Shawn Johnson (@SJohnsonWPR) May 13, 2020
Chief Justice Roggensack wrote a concurring opinion to say she would have granted a stay. No justices joined her. pic.twitter.com/Qa82QrUnot
So now we have a patchwork of rules that'll run throughout the state. Dane County has already stepped up to say that we'll remain under the Safer at Home rules through the original May 26 state deadline. But there will be other areas that will be (ahem) more lenient on restrictions, and if the dimwits who endanger themselves and their employees in these situations only got sick by themselves, whatever.
But they don't. These dopes endanger the rest of us, and I don't think there will be roadblocks set up at county lines to keep people from going to communities with different levels of restrictions in place (in fact, that would likely be an illegal restraint of commerce). And they use our medical facilities, and if they get sicker, they'll likely raise our insurance costs due to their reckless behaviors.
Lastly, let's not forget this key point. Republicans had several weeks to come up with a bill that would have set up a plan on re-opening the economy, and how that effort should be overseen. But they did NOTHING, and now we have nothing except confusion. Just like how they took 3 weeks to pass a bill to end the waiting period for unemployment, and cost our dwindling unemployment fund $25 million.
And no, the WisGOPs still don't have a plan.
.@repvos and @SenFitzgerald:
— Patrick Marley (@patrickdmarley) May 14, 2020
“Wisconsin now joins multiple states that don't have extensive ‘stay at home orders’ but can continue to follow good practices of social distancing, hand washing, hand sanitizer usage and telecommuting."
They don't say what specific rules they want.
Yeah, that was already happening, guys. So, what got accomplished here?
If the "patriots" want to have their "freedum juice" at some careless establishment in the coming days, let em. But these people have really shown themselves as the self-absorbed whiners that they are, and I'm sure not going to be putting myself at risk because these arrogant jerks decide their needs are no much more important than the rest of us.
21st Century GOP doctrine - "There is no you, there is only me."
I accidentally deleted a comment, so I will reprint in full here.
ReplyDeleteWhatIsCommonSense: "I long for the day I run into Vos, and get to knock that smarmy smirk off his face."