The Wisconsin Supreme Court on 31 March dealt a blow to Governor Tony Evers’ statewide mask mandate after ruling he acted unlawfully when he extended his emergency orders beyond the 60-day limit during a public health emergency.
The court said Evers was required to seek legislative approval after the initial mandate expired. The court ruling was 4-3.
The Associated Press reported that Evers’ office responded to the ruling and said the governor intended to keep residents in the state safe. Evers has declared about six new states of emergency, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The Trends Journal has been reporting on the overreach from state capitols across the U.S. On 9 March, in our article titled, “CUOMO GETS STRIPPED, BUT NOT IN THE WAY HE WANTED,” New York State’s Senate voted on legislation that prevents Governor Andrew Cuomo from issuing new coronavirus-related emergency orders, which was seen as a stinging rebuke from the Democrat-controlled body.
The bill limits the emergency powers handed to him in March 2020 at the onset of the outbreak.
The Wisconsin court ruling came after the state’s Republican-controlled legislature struck down Evers’ mask mandate, which prompted the governor to issue a new one.
Justice Brian Hagedorn wrote, “The question, in this case, is not whether the governor acted wisely; it is whether he acted lawfully. We conclude he did not.”
TRENDPOST: We note this court action to illustrate the power politicians have granted themselves in the name of fighting the COVID War. While they sell themselves on the campaign as “public servants,” once in power, they stay in power. And with disdain for the Constitution and Bill of Rights, they declare, as evidenced by their grab of power to fight the COVID War, that they have the power over the people.
