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0 pointsSpicyLemonZest5y ago0 comments

I don't see why all those things need to happen before the Wisconsin legislature is allowed to have a say. The state can still have a stay-at-home order if the legislature thinks it's needed.

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isbjorn165y ago

Surely the Wisconsin legislature, if it desired to direct these efforts, could muster a plurality of the state legislature to override or overrule the Governor, could they not? If it's truly a case of gubernatorial overreach, it's not like they don't have a wide variety of options at their disposal. I'm hardly a legal scholar, but I have yet to hear of a state that hasn't been able to override a governor's decision making process if they really felt the need.

I'd buy Wisconsin Supreme Court's justification if we weren't talking about a fucking pandemic, but here we are.

vorpalhex5y ago

The issue is with the invocation of emergency powers which do not usually have an override process thus the need for the judiciary to weigh in.

vkou5y ago

Typically, the override processes require 2/3rds of the legislature.

If the republican part of the legislature could convince the democratic part of the legislature to vote with them, they could probably pull this off. Since they can't, they are asking partisan judges to force the issue, instead.

slenk5y ago

Except it would appear that legislatures are only voting party, not public health

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