The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to lift an executive order from Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf that mandated the closure of all businesses in the state deemed nonessential as part of efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus, CBS News reported.
A group of businesses and other entities in the state asked the high court last week to block enforcement of Wolf’s executive order, which was issued March 19 in response to the coronavirus. There were no noted dissents.
The Pennsylvania businesses argued on the grounds that it was unconstitutional and filed an emergency request. The Court sided with Wolf.
The businesses then asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the lower court’s decision.
“The executive order and similar orders by governors across the country is doing substantial, unprecedented damage to the economy,” the group wrote in its request to the high court.
The ruling from the lower court, they added, “permits the continued closure of petitioners and tens of thousands of other businesses across Pennsylvania and as such constitutes severe, immediate and ongoing deprivation of their rights under the U.S. Constitution.”
Under Wolf’s order, businesses and entities that are non-life-sustaining were ordered to temporarily close their doors, though the state created a waiver process through which entities could seek an exemption. Those that were allowed to stay open were required to comply with social distancing and other mitigation measures.
Governors of nearly all 50 states have issued orders requiring nonessential businesses to close and urging residents to severely limit their activities. Legal challenges to the orders, however, have begun to crop up.
Residents of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and other cities in the state have protested, but the majority, according to polls, still support closing down everything. That’s despite the fact that many areas of the state have few cases.
They are only going by established law, if we want to do something about it we have to get the law changed, which won’t be easy.
Edicts by incompetent, unqualified tyrants is not government of the people, by the people and for the people. This is nothing more than Democrats not letting a crisis go to waste in pushing their communist agenda. And this isn’t even a true crisis as the mortality rate of 0.5% is far less than the annual flue and nobody gets upset… Read more »
The Supreme Court is aiding and abetting the destruction of the US economy by the Chinese Communist Party who have their tentacles wrapped around the Commiecrats and the Dog Fart Media. Mass defiance ios the only answer. These wannabe Stalins don’t have enough LE who will follow their orders to stop the people when they defy these edicts in mass.
THIS IS IT?
“The application for stay presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied.The application for stay presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied..”
Maybe their ages has something to do with the decision.
It’s not really surprising that SCOTUS would rule against defined Constitutional parameters. They’ve allowed asset forfeiture which is about as egregious as can be. I suspect they view this as just a temporary measure, which other cases have been adjudicated in the same manner. Now, a person would think a Court that is attuned to “precedent” would consider ramifications of… Read more »
terrible reporting. Always report the vote breakdown of every scotus decision.
I posted it right below, double I see.This is it, in it’s entirety. There Was no vote breakdown. This is All there is: (ORDER LIST: 590 U.S.) WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2020 ORDER IN PENDING CASE 19A1032 FRIENDS OF DANNY DEVITO, ET AL. V. WOLF, GOV. OF PA, ET AL. The application for stay presented to Justice Alito and by him… Read more »
This does not help our business in America giving the Tyranniclal Leftist Governors and Mayors more power
A long time ago the Supreme Court once ruled slaves were property. Now they’ve judged against legal property owners, fighting for their life’s work.
OMG, every fascist governor, and there are lots of them now, will ride this ruling to the ruin of thousands of businesses and millions of lives.