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It's just lovely the way the courts saunter in months and months after the facts, when all the damage is done, to make their ponderous declarations.
It's just lovely the way the courts saunter in months and months after the facts, when all the damage is done, to make their ponderous declarations. Oh, the bill will be 50 million for this spot of obvious wisdom.
So where is the federal court smacking down on Gavin and the Counties in CA?
U.S. District Judge William Stickman IV, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, sided with plaintiffs that included hair salons, drive-in movie theaters, a farmer's market vendor, a horse trainer and several Republican officeholders in their lawsuit against Wolf, a Democrat, and his health secretary.
The Wolf administration's pandemic policies have been overreaching and arbitrary and violated citizens' constitutional rights, Stickman wrote in his ruling.
The governor's efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus "were undertaken with the good intention of addressing a public health emergency. But even in an emergency, the authority of government is not unfettered," Stickman wrote. "The Constitution cannot accept the concept of a 'new normal' where the basic liberties of the people can be subordinated to open-ended emergency mitigation measures."
The ruling means that current restrictions, including ones that limit the size of indoor and outdoor gatherings, can't be enforced, according to attorney Thomas W. King III, who represented the plaintiffs.
https://6abc.com/health/judge-pennsylvanias-pandemic-restrictions-unconstitutional/6422411/