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The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down Governor Tony Evers administration s extended s stanley cup afer at home order, which was set to expire May 26. It is the first time a state supreme court has struck down emergency orders issued by a governor due to the coronavirus pandemic.Republicans in the state legislature argued that Health Secretary-designee Andrea Palm abused her powers when she issued the extended order in April. In a 4-3 decision, the state s highe stanley termoska st court said the order should have been issued as a rule, which would have required working with the legislature. The majority consisted of four of the state s five conservative justices.The state s Democratic governor and Republican-controlled legislature will now have to work out a compromise on any future plans. Rulemaking exists precisely to ensure that kind of controlling, subjective judgment asserted by one unelected official, Palm, is not imposed in Wisconsin, Chief Justice Patience Roggensack wrote in the majority opinion.Despite some earlier confusion on when the ruling would take effect, Evers office said Wednesday night that the decisio stanley cup n was effective immediately. In a statement, Evers said Wisconsin was in a pretty good place in the fight against COVID-19, but Republican legislators have convinced 4 justices to throw our state into chaos. I am disappointed in the decision today, but our top priority has been and will remain doing what we can and w Vivn White House tweets draw ire over their political content
Dotty Lynch, Douglas Kiker, Steve Chaggaris, Smita Kalokhe, and Joanna Schubert of The CBS News Political Unit have the latest from the nation s capital.Finish Line: President Bush is in Florida finishing a two-week fundraising bonanza that is likely to produce $30 million or more for his campaign Since Friday, the president has attended two fundraisers in California that netted Bush-Cheney 04 a stanley cup t least $5.1 million and, he will raise at least $4 million at events in Tampa and Miami. Added together, Bush has averaged just about $126,000 an hour in campaign cash since midday Friday ndash; and that does not include any contributions he might have received over the phone, online or in the mail. Now, while Bush s figure will certainly t stanley cup op any of the Democratic presidential wannabes ndash; or, quite possibly, all nine of them combined ndash; Howard Dean is once again creating a buzz. His aides say the campaign raised at least $6.4 million in the three-month reporting period that ends at midnight Monday. That second-quarter take brings his year-to-date total to $9 million and places Dean, once consi stanley cup dered a long shot candidate, smack dab in the top tier of Democratic presidential contenders.Dean s campaign reports it has raised $2.8 million in the last eight days alone , with 1,000 people making contributions. And Dean ndash; whose supremacy as the king of Internet campaign in Campaign 2004 is well documented ndash; raised over $2 million online, including a one-day take on |
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