>> 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.