In the United States, a legal victory for the opponents of containment

Supporters of the rapid reopening of the economy to save the country from the crisis, including US President Donald Trump, won a major political and judicial victory in Wisconsin, whose extension has just been overturned by the Supreme Court containment decreed against the coronavirus by the administration of the democratic governor, Tony Evers.

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The highest court in this Midwestern state in the northeast of the United States, seized by Republican elected officials, has therefore canceled the closure of the businesses. By four votes to three, the Court found that the action taken by Health Secretary Andrea Palm was "illegal, invalid and unenforceable" . "Mrs. Palm's order to confine all citizens to their homes, to ban all travel and to close businesses exceeds the regulatory authority" available to the Secretary of Health, she said.

Governor Evers deplored this judgment. "Republican parliamentarians have convinced four members of the Supreme Court to plunge Wisconsin into chaos, putting public health and lives at risk," the governor wrote on Twitter.

"It's the Wild West," he lamented on CNN, as bars reopened in several cities just after the court ruling. On social networks, you could see pictures of bars crowded with customers not wearing masks. Wisconsin has so far recorded 421 deaths from Covid-19.

"It's the Wild West!"

Conversely, the Republicans who head the two chambers of Congress in Wisconsin welcomed this judgment. "It allows citizens to be able to reunite with their loved ones again or to worship without fear of violating an official instruction , " they said in a statement.

Donald Trump hailed a "victory" in Wisconsin on Thursday morning . "Its Democratic governor was forced by the courts to leave the state open," he said on Twitter. “The population wants to continue living. The place is full of life! ” , he added.

Wisconsin is one of the pivotal states where Donald Trump narrowly imposed himself four years ago, and which remains under scrutiny in the campaign for the next presidential election in November. Since the start of the Covid crisis, the Midwest has gradually established itself as the epicenter of the contestation order. In nearby Michigan, dozens of protesters protested again outside the Capitol in Lansing, its capital, and symbolically blocked it with a "Freedom !!!" banner. . At least a dozen were dressed in camouflage and carried weapons.