Rep. Emerson: Responds to Supreme Court decision

MADISON – Today, Representative Jodi  Emerson (D-Eau Claire) released the following statement in response to the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision overturning Governor Evers’ Safer At Home order. “This decision puts the health and safety of Wisconsinites at grave risk as Republicans play politics. While Governor Evers has taken  responsible steps to lead Wisconsin through this crisis safely, Republican legislators and their partisan allies on the Court have obstructed at every turn, offering no plan and no solution. The people of Wisconsin have spent months making sacrifices to keep their families, our neighbors, and our communities safe while Republicans have taken no

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Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty: Statement on state Supreme Court decision

The Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a decision in Legislature v. Palm  that strikes down the extension of the ‘Safer at Home’ order that locked down the state of Wisconsin in response to the coronavirus. WILL President and General Counsel Rick Esenberg issued the following statement: “The Court’s decision ensures that Wisconsin’s response to COVID-19 must involve both the executive and the legislative branch. Wisconsin will be better for it. The grave nature of the pandemic cannot be used to subvert our very form of government.” The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty filed an amicus brief in support of the Wisconsin Legislature’s original action challenging

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Americans for Prosperity: Response to WI Supreme Court ruling

MADISON, WI– Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) today issued a statement regarding the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s ruling in the legislature’s lawsuit. AFP-WI State Director Eric Bott issued the following statement: “The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s ruling in this case is a win for the protection of the separation of powers and the necessary legislative and public oversight in the administrative rule-making process.   “As AFP-WI stated in our Amicus Curiae brief, there are commonsense ways people can work together to develop an approach that both protects health and keeps food on the table for Wisconsin families. By respecting core separation of powers principles

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NextGen Wisconsin: Responds to the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision to scrap stay-at-home order

MADISON, WI – Today, Wisconsin’s Supreme Court made the dangerous decision to end the stay-at-home order. This ruling endangers public health and leaves the state without a viable pandemic response plan.   “Once again Wisconsin conservatives have chosen to score points with a deeply unpopular president over protecting people,” said NextGen Wisconsin State Director Christina Carvalho. “Young people are disappointed in the incompetent leadership and cowardice of the Wisconsin GOP and right-wing state Supreme Court. They understand what is at stake this November and will vote for candidates who protect our people.”   NextGen Wisconsin will continue to fight for competent leadership

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Wisconsin AFL-CIO: Reopening of economy must focus on worker health and safety

(May 13, 2020 MILWAUKEE, WI) – Wisconsin AFL-CIO President Stephanie Bloomingdale released the following statement as the Wisconsin Supreme Court rules 4-3 to block Wisconsin’s life-saving Safer at Home policy. “This cynical lawsuit brought by Wisconsin legislative Republican leadership was never about policy responses to a pandemic. It was all about taking away authority from our duly elected Governor Evers. What a shame, again, for our great state to have politicians playing partisan games at the expense of regular people. “The reopening of Wisconsin’s economy must be grounded and centered on protecting worker health and safety. If workers aren’t safe, the public

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U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Welcomes inclusion of medical supply chain legislation in HEROES Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Chris Murphy (D-CT), as well as U.S. Representatives Jason Crow (D-CO), Katie Porter (D-CA), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), and Tim Ryan (D-OH), on Wednesday welcomed the inclusion of their language offered in the Medical Supply Transparency and Delivery Act in the latest COVID-19 stimulus package, the HEROES Act:   “President Trump has a daily testing plan at the White House for himself, Vice President Pence and senior staff, but he still doesn’t have a national plan to do the widespread testing that we need across our country. The White House is still playing catch up on this

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Rep. Allen: All workers are essential

Rep. Allen released the following statement on the need to reopen Wisconsin: Over the past 60 days, Wisconsinites have rallied to support the mission, given by the CDC and Gov. Evers, of flattening the curve. We have acted in the interest of public health and have faithfully and dutifully followed the Administration’s directives to the best of our ability. With the state of emergency having expired, the citizens of Wisconsin can and should resume economic activity.  Citizens are smart enough to understand the risks that they may face based on the knowledge we have about COVID-19 and to act in

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Protect Our Care Wisconsin: Kaiser finds 27 million have lost health coverage due to coronavirus crisis

MILWAUKEE, WI – A new study out today from the Kaiser Family Foundation determined that 27 million Americans have likely lost their health care since the start of the coronavirus crisis. That number, on top of millions of Americans already uninsured creates a dangerous situation for the country reeling from a global pandemic. Kaiser concluded that more than 20 million of those newly-uninsured individuals are eligible for coverage under the ACA or Medicaid. But if the Trump-Republican lawsuit currently before the Supreme Court to overturn the ACA is successful, those 20 million uninsured will no longer have access to ACA

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U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Urges HHS to provide transparency on distribution of remdesivir

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined her colleagues today, led by Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), in sending a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeking transparency and information regarding the distribution process for remdesivir, a therapeutic which can be used to treat hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Senator Baldwin and her colleagues cited significant concerns raised by hospitals, health providers, patients and medical societies regarding the opaque process under which the federal government is determining distribution of remdesivir, as well as the future

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Wisconsin Dairy Alliance: A Supreme Court victory for Wisconsin farmers, business owners and citizens

Today, May 13, 2020, the Wisconsin State Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Wisconsin legislature’s emergency petition regarding the extension of Governor Evers’ Safer at Home Order. This historic lawsuit brought forward by the state’s elected senators and representatives called into question if Governor Evers’ executive branch Department of Health Services (DHS) operated within the boundaries set forth within the state law, and if the agency followed the procedural requirements for the rule-making process. On April 29, 2020, the Great Lakes Legal Foundation (GLLF) filed an amicus brief and supporting appendix with the Wisconsin Supreme Court on behalf of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC)

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Citizen Action of Wisconsin: Partisan Supreme Court further divides Wisconsin when unity is a question of life and death

Statewide: The Wisconsin State Supreme Court majority’s divisive and partisan decision late this afternoon, along with the obstructionism of the Legislature, risks making the worst public health threat in a century deadlier and the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression more catastrophic. In a major national emergency–a pandemic, a depression, a major war–success depends on elected leaders (including judges) and the public putting aside the divisions of normal politics and pulling together to take effective and decisive action. Wisconsin has a history of doing just this, but the divide-and-conquer politics of the last decade, which have transformed the

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Sen. Wirch: Statement on Supreme Court overturning public health order

Kenosha – State Senator Bob Wirch (D-Somers) issued the following statement in response to the state Supreme Court decision striking down the Safer at Home order: “I am deeply disappointed that a narrow majority on the Supreme Court put ideology over public health and safety in this case.   With Kenosha and Racine being labeled new hotspots in a recent White House report, this is clearly not in the best interest of the health and safety of our residents. We all want to reopen the state, but it needs to be done safely and responsibly.  The Republicans’ victory comes at the expense

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Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce: Statement on Supreme Court decision

MADISON – Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) President & CEO Kurt Bauer released the following statement after the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down Emergency Order #28 – which extended the state’s Safer at Home order – as unlawful, invalid and unenforceable: “We commend the state Supreme Court for upholding the rule of law and understanding that coequal branches of government must work together, especially in times of crisis. Today’s decision is a win for the state’s economy, countless businesses and hundreds of thousands of unemployed Wisconsinites who are ready to get back to work. WMC looks forward to working collaboratively with the

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Hunter Nation and Lakeshore Business Association: Statement on on Supreme Court ruling

Madison…Two non-profit organizations that work to protect the rights of anglers and hunters in Wisconsin praised the decision today from the State Supreme Court that overruled Governor Evers’ and Secretary Nalm’s Emergency Orders that had classified thousands of small businesses as “non-essential.”   In the original brief, Hunter Nation and the Wisconsin Lakeshore Business Association called the Governor’s order that had shut off access to fishing for thousands of professional fishing guides, charter boat captains and their clients as “arbitrary and capricious and a clear violation of our constitutionally protected rights.”   Hunter Nation President and CEO, Luke Hilgemann said,

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Sen. Larson: Statement on SCOWIS decision on Safer at Home extension

Milwaukee, WI – Senator Chris Larson released the following statement in response to today’s decision of the Wisconsin Supreme Court in the case of Wisconsin Legislature v. Andrea Palm. “The immediate result of the court’s ruling will be to slow down Wisconsin’s ability to respond at a time when every moment counts. We’ve seen how the Trump administration’s slow action at the start of this crisis has caused the United States to lead the world in the number of COVID-19 cases. Wisconsin got ahead of the curve because we followed the science and moved quickly. That strategic advantage in this pandemic

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Rep. Emerson: Responds to Supreme Court decision

MADISON – Today, Representative Jodi  Emerson (D-Eau Claire) released the following statement in response to the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision overturning Governor Evers’ Safer At Home order. “This decision puts the health and safety of Wisconsinites at grave risk as Republicans play politics. While Governor Evers has taken  responsible steps

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Americans for Prosperity: Response to WI Supreme Court ruling

MADISON, WI– Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) today issued a statement regarding the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s ruling in the legislature’s lawsuit. AFP-WI State Director Eric Bott issued the following statement: “The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s ruling in this case is a win for the protection of the separation of powers and the necessary

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NextGen Wisconsin: Responds to the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision to scrap stay-at-home order

MADISON, WI – Today, Wisconsin’s Supreme Court made the dangerous decision to end the stay-at-home order. This ruling endangers public health and leaves the state without a viable pandemic response plan.   “Once again Wisconsin conservatives have chosen to score points with a deeply unpopular president over protecting people,” said NextGen Wisconsin

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Wisconsin AFL-CIO: Reopening of economy must focus on worker health and safety

(May 13, 2020 MILWAUKEE, WI) – Wisconsin AFL-CIO President Stephanie Bloomingdale released the following statement as the Wisconsin Supreme Court rules 4-3 to block Wisconsin’s life-saving Safer at Home policy. “This cynical lawsuit brought by Wisconsin legislative Republican leadership was never about policy responses to a pandemic. It was all about taking

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Rep. Allen: All workers are essential

Rep. Allen released the following statement on the need to reopen Wisconsin: Over the past 60 days, Wisconsinites have rallied to support the mission, given by the CDC and Gov. Evers, of flattening the curve. We have acted in the interest of public health and have faithfully and dutifully followed

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Wisconsin Dairy Alliance: A Supreme Court victory for Wisconsin farmers, business owners and citizens

Today, May 13, 2020, the Wisconsin State Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Wisconsin legislature’s emergency petition regarding the extension of Governor Evers’ Safer at Home Order. This historic lawsuit brought forward by the state’s elected senators and representatives called into question if Governor Evers’ executive branch Department of Health

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Citizen Action of Wisconsin: Partisan Supreme Court further divides Wisconsin when unity is a question of life and death

Statewide: The Wisconsin State Supreme Court majority’s divisive and partisan decision late this afternoon, along with the obstructionism of the Legislature, risks making the worst public health threat in a century deadlier and the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression more catastrophic. In a major national emergency–a pandemic,

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Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce: Statement on Supreme Court decision

MADISON – Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) President & CEO Kurt Bauer released the following statement after the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down Emergency Order #28 – which extended the state’s Safer at Home order – as unlawful, invalid and unenforceable: “We commend the state Supreme Court for upholding the rule of

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Sen. Larson: Statement on SCOWIS decision on Safer at Home extension

Milwaukee, WI – Senator Chris Larson released the following statement in response to today’s decision of the Wisconsin Supreme Court in the case of Wisconsin Legislature v. Andrea Palm. “The immediate result of the court’s ruling will be to slow down Wisconsin’s ability to respond at a time when every moment

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