A judge in Wisconsin has ruled that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has the authority to impose a statewide mask mandate following a challenge by a conservative legal group.
Plaintiffs argued that in issuing successive emergency declarations, which granted him powers to issue the mask mandate, Evers had violated state law as such orders are limited to 60 days. Waterman ruled that it was well within Evers' authority to continually issue new orders even for the same public health emergency.
Waterman, in his final point, also said the plaintiffs were private citizens"seeking redress for injuries" they claimed to have suffered under Evers' executive order. The judge contended that an injunction would go"well beyond their private interests, though."
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