4-23-20 republican lawsuit-senator fitzgerald

Republicans accused Democratic governor Tony Evers of using “Czar-like”  powers  by extending his Safer at Home order for another month, the governor says the order was made legally.    Governor Evers last week extended his Safer at Home order until May 26 in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus.   Republicans filed a lawsuit with the state Supreme Court this week asking the court to block the order.   State senate Republican leader Scott  Fitzgerald says the legislature should have been involved in the decision.  “They are required to do this under the emergency rule.  They are absolutely required to do this by the statutes and by the process and so far (Health Secretary) Andrea Palm has completely not included the legislature in that.   That is where I think the Supreme Court is going to say time out,”  Fitzgerald told WFDL news.    The lawsuit argues if the order is left in place it will devastate the economy and leave Wisconsin in shambles.   Evers accused the Republicans of launching a political coup to seize power from the executive branch and predicted more people will die if the legislature wins the case.