The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty has filed a motion for an immediate injunction in a lawsuit in Polk County Circuit Court challenging the emergency declaration Gov. Tony Evers ordered on July 30, and extended on Sept. 22, in response to COVID-19.
WILL filed the lawsuit on August 25, on behalf of three Wisconsin residents and taxpayers, to challenge the ability of Governor Evers to seize emergency powers more than once to address the same crisis.
Evers declared a new state of emergency in response to surging COVID-19 cases on college campuses and extended the statewide mask mandate.
The order remains in effect through Nov. 21.
"This motion for an immediate injunction is a recognition that the executive branch in Wisconsin is, thus far, completely undeterred by the constraints of state law and must be reined in," WILL President and General Counsel Rick Esenberg said in a written statement.
A judge is scheduled to hear WILL's lawsuit on Oct. 5, according to the press release.
The lawsuit, according to the release, claims the governor does not have the authority to declare multiple emergencies in response to the same disaster.
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