WAUKESHA, Wis. -- In Wisconsin, residents woke up to a state of confusion Thursday after the conservative majority on the state Supreme Court sided with the Republican majority in the Legislature on Wednesday night, overturning a statewide stay-at-home order by Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat.In Michigan
WAUKESHA, Wis. — In Wisconsin, residents woke up to a state of confusion Thursday after the conservative majority on the state Supreme Court sided with the Republican majority in the Legislature on Wednesday night, overturning a statewide stay-at-home order by Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat.
“My anxiety for this pandemic is not having a unified plan, that we’re all on the same page, and listening to science and the same rules,” said Jamie O’Brien, 40, who owns a hair salon in Madison, Wisconsin, that remains closed because of a local stay-at-home order. Story continuesThe conflict between those goals was apparent in Wisconsin on Thursday, after the state Supreme Court, in effect, freed residents to return to pre-coronavirus life. Evers had issued an order in late March instructing bars, hair salons and other nonessential businesses to close, but the court rejected an order that extended restrictions until May 26.
A Marquette Law School poll released Tuesday found that 69% of respondents believed it was appropriate to restrict public gatherings and close schools and businesses. Its poll in late March found that 86% were in favor of restrictions. The six largest cities in Wisconsin remain under stay-at-home orders. After the ruling Wednesday, local health officers and mayors issued their own directives, many keeping bars and other businesses closed, and banning large gatherings.
On Thursday, protesters gathered in Lansing to demand that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer reopen the state. Members of the crowd talked of conspiracy theories about the origin and the treatment of the coronavirus, and decried the development of vaccines to treat it. The confrontation over the state’s coronavirus response became particularly charged over the past week, as an array of lawmakers and local officials pledged to defy the stay-at-home orders issued by Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat. Republican lawmakers pushed local officials statewide to commit to disobeying the governor’s “arbitrary and capricious decisions,” as officials in a growing number of counties had indicated over the past weekend that they were likely to take such actions.
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