Will President Trump Win Wisconsin in November?

Shake, shake, shake that Magic 8-Ball.*

Last night, Republican Tom Tiffany was elected to represent northern and western (and central!) Wisconsin communities in the House of Representatives district -- geographically one of the largest in the nation due to low density -- vacated by former reality TV star and lumberjack, and current father of nine Sean Duffy.

Today, the Republican-dominated Wisconsin Supreme Court (vote for not by party, by as conservatives and liberals for 10-year terms) lifted the Democratic governor's pandemic restrictions, the most important news of which appears to be:  Wisconsin Bars and Restaurants Could Re-Open Tomorrow as State Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions

MADISON - The Wisconsin Supreme Court has struck down Gov. Tony Evers' order shutting down daily life to limit the spread of coronavirus — marking the first time a statewide order of its kind has been knocked down by a court of last resort. 

The state's highest court, which is controlled by conservatives, sided with Republican lawmakers Wednesday in a decision that curbed the Evers administration's power to act unilaterally during public health emergencies. 

The 4-3 decision was written by four of the court’s conservatives – Chief Justice Patience Roggensack and Justices Rebecca Bradley, Daniel Kelly and Annette Ziegler.

The court’s fifth conservative, Brian Hagedorn, wrote a dissent joined by the court’s two liberals, Ann Walsh Bradley and Rebecca Dallet.

The ruling, for now, immediately throws out the administration's tool to control the disease for which there is no vaccine and comes at a time when Evers has already begun lifting some restrictions as the spread of the virus slows down for now.

It will force the Democratic governor and Republican-controlled Legislature to work together on the state's response to the ebbs and flows of the outbreak — a dynamic the two sides have rarely been able to achieve before. 

With no COVID-19 policies in place, bars, restaurants and concert halls are allowed to reopen – unless local officials put in their own restrictions. That raises the prospect of a patchwork of policies, with rules varying significantly from one county to the next.

In the majority opinion, Roggesack determined Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm should have issued such state restrictions through a process known as rule making, which gives lawmakers veto power over agency policies. 

Without legislative review, “an unelected official could create law applicable to all people during the course of COVID-19 and subject people to imprisonment when they disobeyed her order,” the majority wrote.

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* The 20 answers found on the icosahedron (20-sided figure) inside the Magic 8-ball:

1.  As I see it, yes.
2.  Ask again later.
3.  Better not tell you now.
4.  Cannot predict now.
5.  Concentrate and ask again.
6.  Don’t count on it.
7.  It is certain.
8.  It is decidedly so.
9.  Most likely.
10.  My reply is no.
11.  My sources say no.
12.  Outlook not so good.
13.  Outlook good.
14.  Reply hazy, try again.
15.  Signs point to yes.
16.  Very doubtful.
17.  Without a doubt.
18.  Yes.
19.  Yes – definitely.
20.  You may rely on it.