Wednesday, September 16, 2020

AND NOW MORE ON LIBERATING PENNSYLVANIA FROM LOCKDOWN, LESSONS FOR OTHER STATES TO BE SURE

WALL STREET JOURNAL--EXCEPT---‘The liberties protected by the Constitution are not fair-weather freedoms—in place when times are good but able to be cast aside in times of trouble.” So federal judge William Stickman IV wrote Monday in an instructive ruling that overturned Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s use of emergency power

The decision comes nearly six months after Mr. Wolf invoked police powers to impose a strict lockdown as his strategy against Covid-19. Mr. Wolf argued the case is moot since he has relaxed his orders, but Judge Stickman noted that Mr. Wolf continues to assert that he can reinstate restrictions, as other governors have done amid virus flare-ups. Pennsylvanians still live under Mr. Wolf’s unilateral sword. 

MORE AT https://www.wsj.com/articles/liberating-pennsylvania-from-lockdown-11600211860?mod=opinion_lead_pos3

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