Posted on 04/30/2020 2:01:52 PM PDT by knighthawk
Justice Samuel Alito this week ordered the Pennsylvania government to respond to arguments from a variety of Pennsylvanians asking the Supreme Court to halt enforcement of Gov. Tom Wolf's strict stay-at-home order, aimed at fighting the coronavirus, because they say it is unconstitutional.
The Pennsylvanians behind the suit – called petitioners in Supreme Court parlance – are arguing that their rights under the First, Fifth and 14th Amendments have been violated through Wolf's order. The petition lays out a variety of grounds on which it says the order is unconstitutional.
"[T]he Order violated the Petitioners rights not to be deprived of their property without due process of law guaranteed by the [Fifth and 14th Amendments], the right not to have their property taken without just compensation guaranteed by the [Fifth Amendment], their right to judicial review guaranteed by the [5th and Fourteenth Amendments], their right to equal protection of the law guaranteed by the [14th Amendment], and their right to free speech and assembly guaranteed by the [First Amendment]," it says.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Majorly awesome.
I hadn’t thought of the 14th...
Good call!
That’s a long way from won!
GREAT news !
Won’t be holding my breath, but do surely hope the USSC crucifies that maggot Wolf.
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Does someone have the pic of the Continental Congress with “but all this does not matter if there is a Virus” on it?
That says it all in my book.
How long until a fake virus is used in fiction (TV or movie) to just take over the USA?
Or worse, in reality.
It's a start, FRiend.
Nothing like dictatorship to teach the Constitution.
This is an interesting precedent. A governor, by himself, can order a state of emergency for any reason whatsoever (justified or not), assume dictatorial powers, and punish anyone who dares gainsay him.
All he has to say is "It's for the general good".
What has become of our once free nation?
Ahh ... at long last. The weather must be warming up in Pennsylvania, and with the days getting longer and the novelty of house arrest with the kids (and also with the spouse, to which I can attest) wearing thinner with each passing day ... we’ll likely not need formal judicial involvement to force the obtuse governors to back off what they must surely know are uber-Constitutional diktats ... the voters will damn-well see to that eventuality themselves.
Huge, mega awesome PING!!!!!
Not unusual for a justice to call for a response from the other side when a request for a stay is involved.
See what Governor Tom Putin says now. Order a stay!
Armed demonstrators storm Michigan State House over stay-at-home order
>>That’s a long way from won!
Well begun is half done.
That’s the one!
Thanks and it is now stolen to be used with no attribution :)
Too bad the Supreme Court only rules on constitutional matters. Wolf and everyone in his administration advising him to shutdown PA should be thrown in jail for a very long time. That would be justice and ensure that this type of thing never happens again.
The court’s decisions will set precedent for all future shutdowns. I hope they have some talented attorneys to argue their case.
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