I understand what you are saying but I don't think there is much that can be done about it other than continuing to protest. You (and the rest of the folks in your state) had the bad luck of getting stuck with an idiot in charge when the big one hit. There does seem to be three or four governors trying to win the big idiot award. PA, MI, WA and CA all seem to be in the running so far. Not sure exactly why they are doing what they are doing but I guess that is just how it goes. Some people do stupid stuff under stress.
Don't forget Illinois! We may have the biggest idiot of all. In more ways than one. And there is more to be done than just protesting. Our Governor has already lost one round in this judge's court and it looks like another, much larger loss is on tap this Friday.
Read some of the judge's responses from the hearing last week and you can kinda get some insight into his thinking on this.
So does this Judge decide by law or his own beliefs while on the bench?
I don't get it, so stay at home orders, during riots, hurricanes, floods, blizzards, chemical spills, infernos, earthquakes, etc now going to be considered as an usurping of individual rights outlined in the constitution?
What a poor example for this subject, but very telling in other ways. Those instances are for very specific areas and for very short periods of time. And even then, people do not heed the warnings and get themselves in trouble.
Here in Illinois for example, the whole state is locked down when really only Shitcago has a real problem. Our county and several others next to us, have had only a handful of confirmed cases and no deaths. In fact, 12 of the 15 southernmost counties here in Illinois have not had a single fatality due to this virus. And that is with most local law enforcement agencies refusing to enforce the lock down. So why should we be shut down month after month?
It would be the same as if all of a state were locked down for a hurricane for several months and then the hurricane actually missed the state for the most part. Hey! Maybe your examples have context here after all, although not in the way you intended.
And, by the way, the judge is considered to be rather conservative. Activist judges are generally considered to be liberal judges. Case in point, the 9th Circuit. But it must be mentioned that the current administration is moving to address that issue.
