>> THIS WISCONSIN'S SUPREME
% COURT ENTERED THE BATTLE BETWEEN
% REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS IN THE
% COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
% AT ISSUE, WHETHER HEALTH
% SERVICES SECRETARY DESIGNEE
% ANDREA PALM EXCEEDED HER
% AUTHORITY BY ORDERING AN
% EMERGENCY EXTENSION OF "SAFER AT
% HOME."
% THOSE OPPOSED TO THAT EXTENSION
% SAY IT HAS WRECKED THE STATE'S
% ECONOMY.
% THOSE IN FAVOR COUNTER THAT
% WISCONSIN'S CORONAVIRUS
% INFECTION RATE AND THE NUMBER OF
% DEATHS WILL SOAR SHOULD THE
% ORDER BE LIFTED.
% >> IN THE MIDST OF THIS
% PANDEMIC, THE LEGISLATURE ASKS
% THIS COURT TO HANDCUFF DHS'S
% POWER TO COMBAT INFECTIOUS
% DISEASE.
% >> I'LL DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO
% ANOTHER TIME IN HISTORY AND THE
% KOREMATSU DECISION, WHERE THE
% COURT SAID "THE NEED FOR ACTION
% IS GREAT AND THE TIME IS SHORT"
% AND THAT JUSTIFIED ASSEMBLING
% TOGETHER AND PLACING UNDER GUARD
% ALL THOSE OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY
% IN CENTERS DURING WORLD WAR II.
% >> WE MAY PERSONALLY THINK
% THINGS MAKE SENSE, BUT WE HAVE
% TO APPLY CONSTITUTIONAL
% PRINCIPLES AND THE LANGUAGE OF
% THE STATUTES AND THE LAW TO MAKE
% SURE WHETHER IT DOES MAKE SENSE.
% >> WE CAN'T ISSUE A DECISION
% THAT'S TOO BROAD BECAUSE PEOPLE
% WILL DIE.
% THAT IS EXACTL