GOP idiocy in Wisconsin's highest hall of "justice"

Wisconsin's Supreme Court. A home of the highest-minded judicial fairness and thought.

Also, the pandemic crosses county lines. @GovEvers attorney points to spread in Brown Co. But that was in meatpacking plants, says Roggensack ‘not the regular folks’ of Brown Co pic.twitter.com/AmGS9evNzd

— ruth conniff (@rconniff) May 5, 2020

Yeah, since when has members of the meatpacking industry ever been part of the fabric of the Green Bay area?

But younger generations will not be outdone by Grandma Roggen-hack.

Video of Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley comparing @GovEvers' stay-at-home order in Wisconsin to the forced Japanese internment order of Korematsuhttps://t.co/5zMoUAq5eP pic.twitter.com/pUNdprSRwE

— Zoe Galland (@zoegalland) May 5, 2020

There were actually dopes that thought Bigoted Becky Bradley was being profound with that take, and as some kind of "Constitutional originialist" brilliance. They might want to take a look at the FIRST SENTENCE OF THE CONSTITUTION.

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Taking steps to protect citizens from a deadly pandemic seems kind of important to the general welfare.

As for Bradley referencing the Korematsu case? Uhhhh, no.

1. Legal historian reaction: Korematsu did not uphold an internment order. It upheld an exclusion order.
2. Lawyer reaction: A generally applicable stay-at-home order in a pandemic is easily distinguishable from racial uprooting & exile in wartime.
3. Human reaction: Oh, FFS. https://t.co/55uUBbweha

— Eric Muller (@elmunc) May 5, 2020

Oh, and there's more!

Assistant Attorney General Colin Roth got about 20 seconds into his opening remarks before he was cut off by Justice Rebecca Bradley. She wants to know how a cabinet member can make violating a stay-at-home order a crime.

"Where does the constitution say that's permissible?"

— Shawn Johnson (@SJohnsonWPR) May 5, 2020

I assume Bradley then followed up with a complaint about the tyranny of speed limits. After all, who has the right to decide what's a safe speed to operate a car at?

Look, these hacks from the Federalist Society don't move up the chain because they're deep and honest thinkers. Their job is to be a cover for oligarchs and fundies to mask their horrible, regressive garbage behind a faux intellectualism that falls apart with 5 seconds of thought.

The hack gap keeps growing by the day, and it keeps dragging us further behind. And I'm tired of it.