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The Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned Gov. Tony Evers‘ statewide mask mandate Wednesday, right as the state sees an alarming rise in COVID-19 …
Subscriber Account active since The Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned Gov. Tony Evers‘ statewide mask mandate Wednesday, right as the state sees an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases and faces another potential surge. In a 4-3 decision, the conservative majority court ruled Evers, a Democrat, violated state law and exceeded his authority by unilaterally issuing multiple emergency orders during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. After lawmakers opted not to require face coverings indoors, Evers used the emergency declarations to impose and extend the mandate four times over the past year, including as recently as February. The court found that after the expiration of the first 60-day mandate, which Evers issued in August, the governor needed legislative approval to expand the order. „The question in this case is not whether the governor acted wisely; it is whether he acted lawfully. We conclude he did not,“ Justice Brian Hagedorn wrote in the majority opinion.
