{"id":926,"date":"2020-05-14T17:44:25","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T17:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/?p=926"},"modified":"2020-05-14T17:44:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T17:44:25","slug":"wisconsin-supreme-court-blocks-extension-of-coronavirus-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/?p=926","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Supreme Court Blocks Extension Of Coronavirus Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/05\/13\/wisconsin-supreme-court-blocks-extension-of-coronavirus-shutdown\/\">Tamar Lapin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin\u2019s Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked an <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/04\/21\/wisconson-republicans-file-lawsuit-to-block-states-stay-at-home-order\/\">extension of the state\u2019s coronavirus stay-at-home order<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Tony Evers\u2019 administration overstepped its authority when it pushed the shutdown to May 26, the court found in a 4-3 ruling.<\/p>\n<p>The decision doesn\u2019t immediately invalidate the order.<\/p>\n<p>The court\u2019s majority agreed to keep the shutdown in place until May 20, to give legislators and Evers\u2019 administration time to drum up a new coronavirus plan.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic governor had issued a stay-at-home order in March, closing schools and non-essential businesses. It was supposed to lift on April 24, but was extended by the state\u2019s Department of Health.<\/p>\n<p>Worried about the economic fallout of the shutdown, Republicans asked the Supreme Court to block the extension, arguing it required legislative approval.<\/p>\n<p>Evers\u2019 administration argued it had the power to enact emergency measures to control viral diseases.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly seven out of 10 Wisconsin residents back Evers\u2019 \u201csafer at home\u201d order, according to a Marquette University Law School poll released Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tamar Lapin Wisconsin\u2019s Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked an extension of the state\u2019s coronavirus stay-at-home order. Gov. Tony Evers\u2019 administration overstepped its authority when it pushed the shutdown to May 26, the court found in a 4-3 ruling. The decision doesn\u2019t immediately invalidate the order. The court\u2019s majority agreed to keep the shutdown in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=926"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":927,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926\/revisions\/927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}