Posted on 08/07/2021 2:15:25 AM PDT by Libloather
A couple of California businesses are continuing their fight to prove Gov. Gavin Newsom unlawfully closed their doors amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
California’s 5th District Court of Appeals heard remote arguments Thursday morning in Ghost Golf et al. vs. Newsom.
Originally filed Oct. 28, 2020, the owners of the Fresno haunted house-themed miniature golf center claimed Newsom, with his “blueprint,” had overstepped the state’s separation of powers when he closed businesses and limited occupancy to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. A lower court sided with Newsom, saying the law allowed Newsom to take the steps he did without the blessing of state lawmakers.
An attorney for the Pacific Legal Foundation, which filed the suit on behalf of Ghost Golf’s owner, restated its position that Newsom’s complex color-coded system of COVID-19 mitigations usurped the authority of the state Legislature.
“It is the Legislature’s job to weigh the competing public health safety and economic concern and social concern,” said Luke Wake, a staff attorney for PLF. “It is not the role of the executive to decide which businesses will be allowed to be open and under what conditions.”
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The guy is finished. The only question is...what does it do next? Open a restaurant? Escape to Panama? Get hired by CNN?
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