Judge with COVID hears lawsuit to suspend 'stay home, stay healthy' order
WENATCHEE, Wash. -- Chelan Superior Judge Kristin Ferrera has a big decision to make. She's being asked to issue a temporary restraining order against Gov. Inslee's Stay Home, Stay Healthy order.
Of the several lawsuits looking to pursuing the same outcome, the one brought by Jose Cuevas, a Wenatchee City Council Member and his attorney Joel Ard is the first to be heard in a courtroom.
It's challenging the governors authority to issue what Ard describes is a perpetual State of Emergency that could allow the governor to control the actions of Chelan County residents for a long time.
Principally, an argument is that hospitals would be overrun with cases if the governor doesnt have the power to control what happens in counties statewide.
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