>> MEANWHILE, THE STATE SUPREME
COURT IS NOW REVIEWING A LAWSUIT
% BROUGHT BY LEGISLATIVE
% REPUBLICANS OVER EXTENDING THE
% "SAFER AT HOME" ORDER.
% SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER ZAC
% SCHULTZ HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE
% CASE AND HE JOINS US NOW.
% AND, ZAC, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR
% DOING SO.
% >> MY PLEASURE, FRED.
% >> SO THE BASIC PREMISE OF THIS
% LAWSUIT IS THAT WHAT THE
% REPUBLICAN LEADERS CALL AN
% UNELECTED BUREAUCRAT, NAMELY,
% SECRETARY-DESIGNEE OF HEALTH
% SERVICES, SHOULD NOT HAVE THE
% AUTHORITY TO EXTEND THIS "SAFER
% AT HOME" ORDER UNTIL MAY 26.
% WHY IS THAT?
% >> WELL, THE QUESTION THAT THE
% LEGISLATURE WANTS THE SUPREME
% COURT TO STEP IN AND SOLVE IS AT
% WHAT POINT DURING THIS HEALTH
% EMERGENCY DOES THE LEGISLATURE
% HAVE A SAY IN HOW THE STATE
% RESPONDS TO IT?
% SO FAR, GOVERNOR EVERS HAS BEEN
% IN COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE
% STATE'S RESPONSE UNDER HIS
% EMERGENCY ORDER.
% THAT 60-DAY ORDER WILL EXPIRE ON
% MAY 11.
% AND WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
% IS THE DHS SECRETARY IS SAYING
% SHE CAN EXTEND MOST OF THE
% PARAMETERS OF THAT "SAFER AT
% HOME" ORDER UNDER HER AUTHORITY.
% AND THE LEGISLATURE IS SAYING WE
% DON'T THINK YOUR POWERS ARE THAT
% BROAD.
% >> AND ALSO, TONY EVERS CALLS
% THIS A "BLATANT POWER GRAB" ON
% THE PART OF REPUBLICANS.
% BUT DON'T THE LEADERS THINK THE
% SAME THING OF HIS EXTENSION
% DECISION?
% >> YEAH.
% I MEAN, YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS AS
% ROUND TWO OF THE LAME DUCK
% LAWSUITS IN THE SENSE OF THE
% LEGISLATURE IS SAYING WE WOULD
% LIKE TO HAVE MORE OF A SAY IN
% HOW THE GOVERNMENT'S REACTING.
% WE WANT MORE CONTROL OVER THE
% EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
% AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH SAYING,
% NO, THE STATE LAW SAYS WE GET TO
% DECIDE HOW WE RESPOND HERE.
% >> ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW THAT
% THE LEGISLATURE, THE LEGISLATIVE
% REPUBLICAN LEADERS HAVE BEEN
% TALKING ABOUT IS THIS IDEA THAT
% THIS IS "ONE SIZE FITS ALL"
% APPROACH ON THE PART OF TONY
% EVERS AND THAT IT OUGHT TO --
% THE "SAFER-AT-HOME" OR ISOLATION
% ORDERS OUGHT TO BE LOOKED AT IN
% A REGIONAL WAY.
% >> YEAH.
% THAT'S ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS THEY
% PUT INTO THEIR SUPREME COURT
% BRIEFING.
% THEY WANT THE SUPREME COURT TO
% TAKE IN THE ECONOMIC FACTORS AND
% THE DAMAGE STATEWIDE TO THE
% ECONOMY AND TO WORKERS WHEN
% CONSIDERING WHETHER THE DHS
% SECRETARY'S EXTENSION OF THIS
% ORDER UNDER HER AUTHORITY IS
% BEYOND WHAT STATE LAW GIVES HER
% IN HER POWERS.
% THERE'S KIND OF THAT BROAD
% OVERVIEW ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS
% AND THE REPUBLICANS' LEGAL
% ARGUMENT UNDERNEATH IT IS TO
% SWAY WHY THE SUPREME COURT
% SHOULD WEIGH IN.
% >> SHOULD REPUBLICANS PREVAIL,
% WHAT ARE THEY PROPOSING TO DO?
% >> WELL, THE WISCONSIN
% MANUFACTURERS AND COMMERCE HAS
% INTRODUCED THEIR OWN PLAN.
% THEY ACTUALLY HAD A HEARING ON
% IT IN THE ASSEMBLY JUST THIS
% WEEK.
% THAT'S LIKELY WHAT THE
% REPUBLICANS WOULD LIKE TO SEE,
% WHICH IS KIND OF A REGIONAL
% REOPENING WITH THIS FACTORS AND
% SOME TESTS.
% IT DOESN'T INCLUDE CONTACT
% TRACING.
% IT DOESN'T INCLUDE ENOUGH
% TESTING STATEWIDE.
% AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING,
% WELL, YEAH, YOU CAN OPEN UP
% MARATHON COUNTY, BUT WHAT'S TO
% PREVENT PEOPLE FROM DRIVING THE
% VIRUS THERE AND BACK TO
% MILWAUKEE EVERY DAY.
% GOVERNOR EVERS AS PART OF THAT
% REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP SHOULD BE
% THE DECIDERS.
% >> IS THERE ANY SENSE ALL OF
% THIS WILL ENCOURAGE MORE
% COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE
% LEADERSHIP AND THE GOVERNOR?
% >> WELL, IF THE SUPREME COURT
% SIDES WITH THE LEGISLATURE, THEN
% DHS WILL HAVE TO CREATE
% EMERGENCY RULES AND WORK WITH
% THE LEGISLATURE TO DO SO BECAUSE
% THEY'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DENY
% THOSE RULES ALTOGETHER.
% IT WON'T BE PLEASANT
% CONVERSATIONS, I'M SURE, BUT
% THEY WILL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER
% ON RULES IF THEY WILL HAVE RULES
% AFTER THIS.
% >> ALL RIGHT.
% ZAC SCHULTZ, THANKS VERY MUCH
% FOR JOINING US.
% >> MY PLEASURE.
%