Madison, May 17 (RHC)-- Wisconsin’s Supreme Court has struck down a remain-at-home order backed by Democratic Governor Tony Evers, throwing efforts to stem the spread of COVID-19 in Wisconsin into chaos. 

The court’s conservative majority ruled 4 to 3, declaring Governor Evers’s “Safer at Home” policy “unlawful, invalid and unenforceable.” 

Within hours, some Wisconsin bars reopened and filled with patrons for the first time since nonessential businesses were closed on March 25th.  

Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes tweeted in response: “Disappointed but not surprised.  They put lives at risk by forcing an election, of course they were going to double down.  It’s like no lives matter. This is bad.”  Authorities in Wisconsin are now bracing for more COVID-19 cases.  

Officials in Wisconsin’s two most populous areas, Milwaukee and Dane County, say they will continue to enforce remain-at-home orders locally.