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