Colorado Supreme Court declines to hear GOP pandemic suit
DENVER (AP) -- Colorado’s Supreme Court has declined to hear a lawsuit challenging a mask-wearing order and other measures by Gov. Jared Polis to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
The Colorado Sun reports that the court refused to take the case on Friday. Republican Rep. Patrick Neville, the state House minority leader, and conservative activist Michelle Malkin argued that Polis stripped the Legislature of its lawmaking role by declaring a public emergency that enabled him to issue executive orders to confront the pandemic.
They sought to overturn several orders, including a state mandate requiring mask-wearing in certain public spaces.
