Lawsuit in Wisconsin challenging executive order has legs...

Many believe that Wisconsin State Supreme Court will overrule the executive order 

In describing the governor's order, Justice Rebecca Bradley went on the record, comparing the Safer At Home order to the Japanese internment camps during World War II in a description she delivered to State Assistant Attorney General Colin Roth. 

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During a hearing about Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’s stay-at-home orders, Chief Justice Patience D. Roggensack downplayed concerns about the virus sweeping across the state by claiming it was limited to certain areas.

“Due to the meat-packing, though, that’s where Brown County got the [COVID-19] flare,” she said. “It wasn’t just the regular folks in Brown County.”

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"Isn't it the very definition of tyranny, for one person to order people to be imprisoned for going to work among other ordinarily lawful activities? Where does the Constitution say that's permissible, counsel?"

These are just a couple of quotes from oral arguments, but it looks like at least 4 of the 7 WSSC Justices are sympathetic to the lawsuit that is arguing that the stay at home order is arbitrary and without legal justification. We'll see if that actually pushes the court to rule in favor of the plaintiffs.

If it did, that would open up a whole new can of words, as lawsuits are springing up all over the country.