% >> THIS WEEK, ON MAJOR SHIFT IN
% WISCONSIN'S FIGHT AGAINST THE
% CORONAVIRUS AS THE EXTENDED
% "SAFER AT HOME" ORDER IS RULED
% ILLEGAL.
% REPUBLICANS SUED OVER WHETHER
% HEALTH SERVICES
% SECRETARY-DESIGNEE ANDREA PALM
% EXCEEDED HER AUTHORITY AND
% VIOLATED STATE LAW BY ORDERING
% AN EMERGENCY EXTENSION UNTIL
% MAY 26.
% FOR THE SECOND TIME IN AS MANY
% MONTHS, THE CONSERVATIVE
% MAJORITY WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT
% HAS DEALT GOVERNOR EVERS AND
% DEMOCRATS A DEFEAT.
% BUSINESSES ACROSS THE STATE ARE
% SWINGING OPEN THEIR DOORS, SOME
% WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS.
% "HERE AND NOW" SENIOR POLITICAL
% REPORTER ZAC SCHULTZ IS HERE TO
% EXPLAIN THE FALLOUT OF THAT
% DECISION.
% AND, ZAC, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR
% BEING HERE.
% >> MY PLEASURE, FRED.
% >> SO THE IMMEDIATE RESULTS OF
% THE SUPREME COURT'S RULING WAS
% THAT EVERYTHING WAS ALLOWED TO
% REOPEN AND ALL AT ONCE AND RIGHT
% AWAY.
% BUT WHILE WAITING FOR THESE NEW
% RULES, IT'S KIND OF EVERY COUNTY
% FOR ITSELF?
% >> THAT'S RIGHT.
% THE DHS AUTHORITY TO EXTEND THE
% "SAFER AT HOME" ORDER IS GONE.
% THE ONLY PORTION OF THAT ORDER
% THAT SURVIVED THE COURT'S RULING
% WAS HER ABILITY TO CUT DOWN
% SCHOOLS.
% THAT SURVIVED IN A FOOTNOTE.
% NOW IT'S UP TO INDIVIDUAL
% COUNTIES.
% THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT PART OF
% THE STATE STATUTES THAT AFFECT
% THEIR AUTHORITY.
% WE'VE ALREADY SEEN FIVE OR SIX
% COUNTIES EXTEND SOME OF THOSE
% RULES.
% >> AS TO NEW STATE
% ADMINISTRATIVE RULES, IT'S THIS
% PROCESS.
% BUT IT BASICALLY FORCES THE
% EVERS' ADMINISTRATION TO WORK
% WITH THE REPUBLICAN LEGISLATIVE
% LEADERS.
% HOW, IN YOUR UNDERSTANDING, ARE
% THOSE NEW RULES EXPECTED TO
% LOOK?
% >> WELL, THEY WON'T LOOK
% ANYTHING LIKE THE "SAFER AT
% HOME" ORDER THAT WE WERE UNDER.
% REPUBLICANS HAVE MADE IT VERY
% CLEAR THEY'RE HAPPY TO SEE THOSE
% ORDERS GONE.
% A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, THEY WERE
% ASKING FOR A REGIONAL APPROACH
% TO REOPENING PARTS OF THE STATE
% THAT HADN'T SEEN IT.
% NOW THEY'RE SAYING EVERYTHING
% WIDE OPEN IS PERFECT.
% THEY EXPECT BUSINESSES TO COMPLY
% WITH RULES ON HOW BEST TO BE
% SAFE AND IT'S UP TO INDIVIDUALS
% AND BUSINESSES TO DO THE BEST
% THING TO KEEP THEMSELVES AND
% THEIR FAMILIES SAFE.
% THE GOVERNOR ISSUED A SCOPE
% STATEMENT.
% IT'S GOING TO BE AT LEAST TEN
% DAYS BEFORE WE SEE THE LANGUAGE
% ON A RULE.
% THEY'LL HAVE TIME TO NEGOTIATE
% IT, BUT IT WILL HAVE TO BE VERY
% BROAD BECAUSE IT WON'T BE NIMBLE
% ENOUGH TO HANDLE A HOT SPOT OR
% FLARE-UP THAT MAY OCCUR.
% >> SUPER QUICKLY, WHAT STOOD OUT
% TO YOU ABOUT THAT SUPREME COURT
% RULING?
% >> IT WAS A 4-3 DECISION.
% THE COURT IS 5-2 CONSERVATIVES
% TO LIBERALS AND BRIAN HAGEDORN
% DISSENTED AS WELL.
% DANIEL KELLY WILL BE LEAVING THE
% COURT IN JULY.
% HE WAS A DECIDING VOTE.
% THE NEW JUSTICE COMING IN COULD
% SIDE WITH THE LIBERALS.
% IF THERE'S A FLARE-UP, WE COULD
% SEE DHS SEE WHERE THE BOUNDARIES
% WERE IN THE POWER.
% WE DON'T DEFINE THE SCOPE OF HER
% AUTHORITY.
% THIS MAY COME BACK UNDER A NEW
% COURT THIS WINTER.
% >> ZAC SCHULTZ, THANKS VERY MUCH
% AND THANK YOU FOR COVERING IT.