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Posted on 05/18/2020 9:05:33 PM PDT by An Appeal to Heaven
The Oregon Supreme Court Monday evening issued a stay blocking a decision earlier in the day by Baker County Circuit Court Judge Matt Shirtcliff that temporarily stopped the state from enforcing Gov. Kate Brown's executive orders restricting certain activities due to the coronavirus pandemic.
That means the executive orders will remain in effect statewide.
After a 20-minute hearing Monday morning at the Baker County Courthouse, Shirtcliff granted a preliminary injunction to the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed against the governor May 6.
The next step is for attorneys from both sides to submit responses to the Supreme Court related to the governor's request to vacate the preliminary injunction Shirtcliff issued. Those responses are due by May 22, according to the decision by Thomas A. Balmer, presiding justice for the Oregon Supreme Court.
Brown issued a statement this evening on the Supreme Court's ruling:
“Following swift action by the Oregon Supreme Court, my emergency orders to protect the health and safety of Oregonians will remain in effect statewide while the court hears arguments in this lawsuit.
“From the beginning of this crisis, I have worked within my authority, using science and data as my guide, heeding the advice of medical experts. This strategy has saved lives and protected Oregonians from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“There are no shortcuts for us to return to life as it was before this pandemic. Moving too quickly could return Oregon to the early days of this crisis, when we braced ourselves for hospitals to be overfilled and ventilators in short supply.
“The science remains clear: by physically distancing, wearing face coverings, staying home as much as possible and only gradually reopening our communities we can save lives and keep Oregonians safe.
“We all look forward to visiting our loved ones in nursing homes, sending our children to school, and going to the grocery store without fear of spreading this disease. But the simple fact remains, COVID-19 is here in Oregon, and lives are at stake.”
Locals here are in two opposing camps: pro-lockdown and anti-lockdown. Facebook community pages are getting very ugly.
It is a total mail in ballot, they have no control over who counts them or even if they are counted.
You bet, they should have it all cleared up in 6 months or so.
Statesman Journal story — link and title only.
Supreme Court halts Baker County judge’s ruling nullifying Gov. Brown’s COVID-19 closures
They issued a “stay.”
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RECALL?
If it weren't for these silly regulations about blood baths, there wouldn't be a Democrat alive in the whole state...
The State Supreme court ruling will go in front of the USSC, and since it is wildly anti-Constitutional, the state will lose.
The problem is that the Democrats SHOULD be hung, but they will simply go back to work on stealing the November election.
Thank you for your information. This is the first time I have left all those lady incumbents blank and not voted for them.
If it goes to the Supreme Court of the U. S. the churches will win.
Not so with the dem loaded Supreme Count of Oregon.
Travis McGhee aka Matt Bracken posted an essay about this yesterday. He was not the author, but it was a provocative, prescient essay nonetheless.
Could you send a link-—I can’t find the post and I’d like to read it
Clarity: he posted it on Facebook
I just looked on FB and could not find it.
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