May 08, 2020
Brief Arguing Against Shutdown
This courtesy of Joseph Bast:
Wow, this is
incredible. An 87-page legal brief calling for the WI Supreme Court to
issue an emergency injunction ending the state’s unconstitutiona
l
shut-down order. This is not a op-ed or video, folks, but the real deal
making a passionate yet scholarly case against a shut down. While the
case relies on the WI state constitution as the basis for its appeal,
the logic and arguments can be adopted by other states.... and I hope
it is. Please SHARE this with your network so a few million people know
there is a strong LEGAL case for ending the shut-downs now.
"This case involves a clash of fundamentals. No one doubts the
seriousness of the current public health crisis caused by the COVID-19
pandemic, or that it poses life-and-death risks to Wisconsin’s
citizens, especially those who are elderly or otherwise infirm. But the
actions Respondents have taken to combat those risks, no doubt in good
faith, have gone too far, needlessly infringing our most basic
constitutional liberties—to an extent that is without precedent and
that would have been virtually unimaginable in a free society just two
months ago.â€
WI Supreme Court: Fabick V. Palm
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at
11:23 AM
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What advocates of shutdown are missing is that there is more to living than merely not dying.
Posted by: Bill H at May 08, 2020 11:38 PM (vMiSr)
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Indeed Bill. And once gone, many things can never return.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at May 09, 2020 06:48 AM (MPAp3)
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I agree with you, Bill (don't faint!). And I think much of the argument in favor of the lockdowns had little if anything to do with preventing people from dying; it was mostly about trying to torpedo the booming economy, most of which could be credited to (gasp) Trump. Do you think that if the economy had been this good under Obama, and this virus had made its appearance then, "the usual suspects" would have called for the same steps to be taken? I believe it would have mostly been "what can we do to prevent the spread of the virus while preserving jobs and keeping people at work."
Still, so much of what's being talked about now strikes me as little more than armchair quarterbacking.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at May 10, 2020 03:56 PM (HEmKM)
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