Jason Lewis Sues Minnesota Governor Over Stay At Home Orders

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Lewis's lawsuit says that Walz orders are unconstitutional, partly because they unfairly target certain establishments while stores like Walmart are allowed to continue operation unencumbered.

Kyle Hooten

May 20, 2020

Former US Congressman and current senate canidate Jason Lewis sued Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Tuesday, over his weeks long stay at home order.

Lewis filed his lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Minnesota. According to his official complaint, the governor’s stay at home orders and associated economic shutdowns violate the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV of the U.S. Constitution, the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Central to Lewis’s legal argument are his claims that Walz doesn’t actually have the authority to enforce his orders— and that even if he did, the unequal manner in which he he has applied them, allowing some business to open while forcing other to stay closed, is also illegal. (RELATED: Casino Allowed To Reopen As Restaurants Are Forced To Stay Closed)

“What started as a fight against an invisible danger has morphed into a fight against a very clear and present danger, and that is a fight against unconstitutional power grabs being waged by radical liberals like Senator Tina Smith and Governor Tim Walz,” Lewis said via a press release the same day his suit was filed.

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