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Wisconsin governor's stay-home order tossed out

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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers' coronavirus stay-at-home order was tossed out by the state's Supreme Court on Wednesday.

"Today, Republican legislators convinced four members of the state Supreme Court to throw the state into chaos," Evers said. "They have provided no plan. There's no question among anybody that people are going to get sick. Republicans own that chaos."

Chief Justice Patience Roggensack, who voted to do away with the order, said the state's health secretary created an edict amounting to an emergency rule that she doesn't have the power to create on her own.

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