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Title
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"Minn. Voters Alliance v. Walz"
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Date
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November 19, 2020 |
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Author
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Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project |
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Author Institution
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Stanford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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External Link
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https://healthyelections-case-tracker.stanford.edu/detail?id=154
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Abstract
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Plaintiffs argue that the mask mandate in public places passed by Executive Order by the governor of Minnesota at the start of the pandemic conflicts with a Minnesota statute prohibiting the wearing of a mask in public. The plaintiffs argue that the prospect of being prosecuted either for wearing a mask or not wearing a mask chills their exercise of First Amendment political and associational freedoms. The plaintiffs further argue that the governor's executive order violates state law because it conflicts with a legislatively enacted statute, and that by passing the executive order the governor was unlawfully exercising legislative power. |
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Source
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Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project |
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| case | (VR-MN-0018) |
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