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The question was, WHAT WAS THE STATE'S DECISION? The federal court ruled that the law passed by the legislature was the state's decision, not the governor's action purporting to overrule it.
He is interpreting legislature as literal legislature while the constitution defines legislature as the rule making body of the state which encompasses the legislature, governor, courts, etc.
And where does the US Constitution define state legislatures as "rule making body of the state which encompasses the legislature, governor, courts, etc."
Article 1 defines the federal legislature of EXACTLY the House and the Senate. No more, no less. The federal legislature is not defined as a "rule making body of the nation which encompasses the legislature, President, Supreme Court, etc." It is explicitly enumerated as the House and Senate, and only the House and Senate.
My copy of the US Constitution doesn't seem to have that very defined view of the federal definition of a legislature and then the very broad "whatever we say it is" definition of state legislatures. Can you point me to the part of your copy that has the expanded definition for the states? I know the states are required to have "a Republican Form of Government" (Article 4, Section 4), but I don't see anyplace where the state legislatures are defined differently than the federal legislature.
Wisconsin defines "legislature" as "The legislative power shall be vested in a senate and assembly." (Article 4, Section 1, Wisconsin state constitution)
In neither the federal nor the state constitution is legislature defined to include "governors, courts, etc."
Again, I need to see your evidence that the US Constitution defines it differently?
The Wisconsin state legislature hasn't done anything since February. They have decided the best way to legislate is through the courts. The anger against them is rising. They refuse to do anything about Covid-19 except to sue the governor. They could easily end the mask mandate but they don't want to dirty their records because it's popular.
And where does the US Constitution define state legislatures as "rule making body of the state which encompasses the legislature, governor, courts, etc."
Article 1 defines the federal legislature of EXACTLY the House and the Senate. No more, no less. The federal legislature is not defined as a "rule making body of the nation which encompasses the legislature, President, Supreme Court, etc." It is explicitly enumerated as the House and Senate, and only the House and Senate.
My copy of the US Constitution doesn't seem to have that very defined view of the federal definition of a legislature and then the very broad "whatever we say it is" definition of state legislatures. Can you point me to the part of your copy that has the expanded definition for the states? I know the states are required to have "a Republican Form of Government" (Article 4, Section 4), but I don't see anyplace where the state legislatures are defined differently than the federal legislature.
Wisconsin defines "legislature" as "The legislative power shall be vested in a senate and assembly." (Article 4, Section 1, Wisconsin state constitution)
In neither the federal nor the state constitution is legislature defined to include "governors, courts, etc."
Again, I need to see your evidence that the US Constitution defines it differently?
Legal aspects aside, it's a curious public health decision at the state level. Wisconsin allowed ballots to be counted three days after the primary in April as long as they were postmarked by the primary election date. And because of that, tens of thousands of legitimate votes were able to be counted.
That was in early April, when Wisconsin was reporting a couple of hundred new cases of COVID-19 a day. Wisconsin is currently reporting about 3,000 new cases a day, making any polling station much more dangerous this coming Tuesday than they were in July.
From a public health perspective, voting by mail-in ballot should be absolutely encouraged. it worked just fine in April. This is quite obviously a political maneuver of voter suppression.
Edit: Also, with the current rate of infection in Wisconsin, tens of thousands of voters will not be able to—or certainly should not—vote in person this coming Tuesday. So essentially, at this point, any of those voters who were planning to vote in person have lost their right to vote, as ballots will not be received in time.
The Supreme Court follows the Law and Leftists go into a Total Hysterical Meltdown.
When will they ever learn? Judges don’t make LAW .... Legislators make LAW
LAW is clearly defined in the US Constitution
Looks like the Leftist plan to steal an Election may fail this time ....
They are trying best they can. First the media only report great things about Biden and awful things about Trump and now this. I guess they don't feel too secure in winning anything without trying to be sneaky and cheating.
That was in early April, when Wisconsin was reporting a couple of hundred new cases of COVID-19 a day. Wisconsin is currently reporting about 3,000 new cases a day, making any polling station much more dangerous this coming Tuesday than they were in July..
The number of "cases" means nothing. It's an artifact of testing.
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