Business owners in Pennsylvania woke up to some good news on Tuesday after a federal judge ruled that many of Pennsylvania’s coronavirus-related lockdown orders were unconstitutional.
The ruling mainly targeted Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf’s restrictions on private businesses, particularly those not deemed “life-sustaining,” as a local CBS affiliate in Philadelphia put it.
“There is no question that this country has faced, and will face, emergencies of every sort. But the solution to a national crisis can never be permitted to supersede the commitment to individual liberty that stands as the foundation of the American experiment,” the judge wrote in a 60-page opinion.
The stay-at-home orders and various shutdowns of “non-essential” businesses have already been suspended. However, many restrictions — such as the amount of people allowed into restaurants — remain in effect as they do almost everywhere else in the United States.
Governor Wolf’s administration has responded by saying they are “disappointed” with the ruling, and plan to appeal the decision.
“The actions taken by the administration were mirrored by governors across the country and saved, and continue to save lives in the absence of federal action,” the administration said in a press release. “This decision is especially worrying as Pennsylvania and the rest of the country are likely to face a challenging time with the possible resurgence of COVID-19 and the flu in the fall and winter.”
Coronavirus lockdowns continue to draw the same predictable political divisions, with Democrats offering no statements on when such shut downs should end and why. States such as Florida and Texas never locked down entirely — and neither did they see the same levels of mass death as Democrat-controlled states such as California and New York.
With a vaccine being fast-tracked, the number of cases around the country dwindling, and working Americans desperate to get back to their jobs, justifications for tyrannical lockdowns look weaker every day.
wolf is a brainless gov.[asshole] he has no clue how to function .he should be recalled as gov.along with his health secretary.they both have ruined pa. with their stupid stipulations.a high school football stadium seats 18000 people ,but only 250 people can attend. he makes up rules with no justification involved. spare me from this idiot.
Living in PA I know first hand how much of an incompetent asshole Wolf is. He has vetoed legislation passed by both the state congress and state senate (on 3 separate occasions) to reopen the state all so he could retain control. He continues to limit restaurant capacity, invoked the strict rules from NY about bars only serving alcohol while someone is eating a meal, and he refused to open gun shops and gun ranges that were on public land. He knows he has less than 2 years left before he has to hand the capital over to the next D running and he knows there isn’t enough time to be recalled over this. He is just raking in money for his family and then gonna ride off into the sunset.
PEOPLE NEED TO STOP VOTING DUMMYCRATIC YOU GET WHST YOU VOTE FOR TRUMP2020!!!!!
The governor is a shit head
I live in New York seems like stupidity is all over or maybe it’s a symptom of democrat governors while president trump is in office. I just pray people of this country re-elect president 4 more years.
We here in Michigan are still being lied to about deaths from COVID. They keep going backwards to see if someone died of it in the past instead of focusing on the now. As with all demon run states, they skew the numbers. Most likely, the deaths were from underlying health problems. Now they are spraying for EEE which should have been done earlier this summer. Incompetence and lies.
I am glad that Governor Wolf demonstrated the leadership needed to keep as many people safe from the coronavirus as possible. Businesses may recover; dead people won’t!
Any relationship to Hitlary? You sure sound like her! Get real!
Say Pop He did nothing unless it fit his agenda. Stop watching MSM. Find both sides of the news. Very uninformed will make you a communist. Wolf is part of that team. From people who know medicine. Know this was all BS.He only had falsey and he is an even bigger idiot. Twelve plus other doctors said opposite but falsey is part of the plan also. Please wake up.
You really need to check your facts and science ridiculous many businesses will never recover. This was just a flu people die everyday it is a part of life. More people died from flus in the past years. WAKE UP. More people dying from depression and loneliness because of this hoax.
When officials ignore federal courts they need to be recalled and replaced. This should be grounds for malfeasance in office and a possible violation of RICO statutes. We need to take our government back from liberal Democrats that have no respect for law or law enforcement. The first step is to re-elect President Trump. However, don’t think that Trumps’ re-election is an end, we need to take back control of local, state and federal government. This is only the start of what needs to be done. There needs to be a purging of anti-American, elitist influence in our schools, news media and institutional systems along with with the draining of ” the swamp”. When a general can publicly contradicts the elected commander and chief of this country with impunity we also need to purge all of our institutions of this radical left wing influence.
God bless, protect and guide Donald Trump.
WAKE UP PEOPLE VOTE ALL-REPUBLICAN BECAUSE THESE DUMMYCRATS ARE EVIL AND WILL DESTROY THIS COUNTRY WITH THEIR blm MATTERS CRAP DEFUND blm NOW!!!! ALL YOU ASSHOLES ARE DONATING TO DOMESTIC TERRORIST!!!! TRUMP 2020!!!!
Americans saving America from the tyranny of democrats their communist regime and treason has now started!
America must not stop until the new n word aka democrat, is removed from this country with extreme prejudice and justice
All of them save none
Or we will loose this Great Country forever!
It’s taken 250 years to build this country
And it only has taken 12 years for Muslim osama Obama to tear it apart
Proving without doubt even an educated black man will never be equal to any other race and is only capable of destruction, murder and corruption
Governor Wolf has been an absolute dictator from day one and he needed a good slap down! We are all smart enough to take care of our selves without a dictator ruining our lives, The whole lock down was unnecessary!
There have been other “pandemics” throughout recent history but no massive death count like the one predicted for this Fauxvid scam. Which, by the way, never occurred.
So where were the dictatorial society-killing lock downs during the Clinton and Obama regimes? They were nowhere.
This entire thing was CONTRIVED to destroy American society by Democrat/Communists in order to take it over completely. Nothing more. WAKE UP, AMERICA. IT IS HAPPENING HERE!
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Amen & Amen👍💥❤