Federal judge declares Pennsylvania’s coronavirus restrictions ‘unconstitutional’
Nelson Oliveira
A federal judge on Monday struck down Pennsylvania’s coronavirus restrictions that banned large gatherings and forced nonessential businesses to close, calling the order “unconstitutional.”
Judge William Stickman ruled in favor of four counties that had sued Gov. Tom Wolf and Health Secretary Rachel Levine over the rules.
The Republican-led counties were joined in the lawsuit by several businesses, including hair salons, a farmers market vendor, a horse trainer and drive-in movie theaters.
Stickman wrote in his opinion that the state’s pandemic policies were taken with “good intention,” but he said they also were overreaching and arbitrary and violated the Constitution.
“There is no question that this country has faced, and will face, emergencies of every sort,” Stickman wrote. “But the solution to a national crisis can never be permitted to supersede the commitment to individual liberty that stands as the foundation of the American experiment.”
Protesters demonstrate during a rally against Pennsylvania's coronavirus stay-at-home order at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., May 15.
Protesters demonstrate during a rally against Pennsylvania's coronavirus stay-at-home order at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., May 15. (Matt Rourke/)
The judge added that the Constitution “sets certain lines that may not be crossed, even in an emergency.”
The Democratic governor has already lifted many of the restrictions since the lawsuit was filed in May, but he has kept some limits on indoor venues and large gatherings.
Attorney Thomas King, who represented the plaintiffs, celebrated Monday’s decision.
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Healthcare workers from University of South Florida (USF) Health administer coronavirus testing at the Lee Davis Community Resource Center on June 25, 2020 in Tampa, Florida.
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A cleaner stands under a departures board showing only a few flights for the day at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas on June 10, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic.
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A woman walks at Echo Park Lake with downtown Los Angeles in the background on Saturday, May 23, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has approved 45 of the state's 58 counties to reopen some businesses since May 8 when he loosened his original mid-March stay-at-home order.
Golfers walk down a fairway on Broken Tee Golf Course on Saturday, May 23, 2020, in Sheridan, Colo. With the relaxation of closures due to the coronavirus pandemic, golfers are able to return to the links in the Denver metropolitan area.
People ride the Roller Coaster at Lagoon Amusement Park on Saturday, May 23, 2020, in Farmington, Utah. After a season break that was extended for months by COVID-19 restrictions, Utah's amusement park reopened for business just in time for the Memorial Day weekend. Lagoon officials said a new reservation system is in place to help manage social distancing and avoid crowding at the park entrance, and capacity will be limited to about 15% of its usual maximum volume.
Vehicles line up in the infield of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis on Saturday, May 23, 2020, for a mobile food distribution event. Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana expected to distribute boxes of fresh produce, lean meat, and dairy to more than 5,000 people at the event with the help of the Indiana National Guard. The Speedway hosted the event on what would have been the eve of the Indianapolis 500 that was postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
New York City Parks officials work at an empty Orchard Beach on Saturday, May 23, 2020, in the Bronx borough of New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has given New Yorkers an unexpected reprieve from cabin fever by easing the state’s ban on gatherings due to coronavirus concerns, in time for the Memorial Day weekend. New York City beaches are open this weekend, but no swimming is allowed and masks must be worn.
A line of hundreds of people forms outside of Annandale High School, along with a separate line for drive through testing, on Saturday, May 23, 2020, for COVID-19 testing available from Fairfax County in Virginia at no cost and without a doctor's order. Officials planned on testing about 1000 people. Testing will also be available at Bailey's Elementary on Sunday.
Kevin Heine relaxes on a mostly empty beach on Saturday, May 23, 2020, in Belmar, N.J. during the coronavirus pandemic.
A young flamingo greets keeper Brittany Hufford at the Denver Zoo on Friday, May 22, 2020, in Denver, Colo. Officials hope to get a waiver from the city to reopen the zoo, which closed because of the spread of the new coronavirus in mid-March.
Bartender Taylor Osorio wears a face mask as she pours drinks at Centro Cocina Mexicana restaurant in Sacramento, Calif. on Friday, May 22, 2020. As part of Sacramento County's extended Stage 2 reopening plan, dine-in restaurants and retail stores were allowed to open at noon Friday after being closed for several months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
A woman and her dog cross Shawnee Mission Lake at dusk on Friday, May 22, 2020, in Lenexa, Kan. As coronavirus-related stay-at-home orders are lifted, people are flocking to lakes, parks and other nearby attractions to celebrate the long Memorial Day weekend.
Jacob Morden leads a fitness class on a closed street in downtown Indianapolis on Friday, May 22, 2020. The city closed several streets to traffic to accommodate larger outdoor areas for restaurants to provide for social distancing and the gym was able to take advantage of the closure to teach outdoor class.
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Tyler Fazio talks with a customer in their car at Dick's Sporting Goods in Paramus, N.J. on Monday, May 18, 2020. Nonessential businesses, shuttered because of the coronavirus outbreak, opened today for curbside pickup in New Jersey. Curbside pickup at businesses like retail stores and nonessential construction were able to start at 6 a.m. Monday under an executive order signed by Gov. Phil Murphy.
Marie Biscarra, co-owner of ISSO fashion boutique, sorts fabric used to make masks to aid in the prevention of COVID-19 Monday, May 18, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. A San Francisco Bay Area county that reported the first known death from coronavirus in the U.S. says it will allow some retail businesses to re-open, although it's not known when. Santa Clara County said Monday in a joint statement with four other counties that COVID-19 trends were looking positive enough to allow curbside and storefront shopping. The statement says the trend of new cases and the number of hospitalized patients is stable or declining. San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo counties started allowing some retail sales Monday.
Alaska state Sen. Bert Stedman, right, deals with fogged-up glasses as he checks in at the state Capitol on Monday, May 18, 2020, in Juneau, Alaska, as Rep. Matt Claman, second from right, looks on. Also shown are, from left, Roy Johnston and Mark Fuette of Capital City Fire/Rescue.
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Colorado Governor Jared Polis is administered a nasal test for the new coronavirus during a news conference outside the Stride Community Health Center Monday, May 18, 2020, in Wheat Ridge, Colo.
Barricades and a security vehicle block the entrance to a closed Disney Springs Monday, May 18, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. As Walt Disney World shops and restaurants prepare to open at its entertainment complex later this week, it's posting a warning about the dangers of coronavirus advising guests that they voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19.
People vote at a voting station for the special election between Democratic state assemblywoman Christy Smith and Republican businessman and ex-Navy pilot Mike Garcia to replace former Democratic Congresswoman Katie Hill in the state's 25th Congressional District in Santa Clarita, Calif. on May 12, 2020. The polling place was set up to encourage social distancing during the election, which is taking place amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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A worker welds on the Ninth St. bridge on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in Pittsburg, Penn. Work on the renovation of the bridge had been on hold until this week due to COVID-19 stay at home orders.
The Spirit of Detroit statue by Marshall Fredericks wears a white ribbon and scrub top to honor essential workers, first responders and health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in Detroit, Mich.
Alamo Heights Baptist Church pastor Bobby Contreras, right, works to clean, sanitize and prepare his church for services this Sunday in San Antonio on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Texas' stay-at-home orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic have expired and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has eased restrictions on many businesses that have now opened, churches and places or worship may resume live services with 25% capacity.
Staff members of The Village of Schaumburg and a firefighter carry masks to the parking lot of Boomers Stadium in Schaumburg, Ill. on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. The Village of Schaumburg distributed 70,000 masks to residents of the northwest suburb as the coronavirus pandemic continues. The distribution event is from Wednesday, May 6, through Friday, May 8, by age and last name from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
People walk through City Creek Center on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Several major Utah malls have reopened after leaders moved the state's COVID-19 risk level from high to moderate.
Nurses get flags as police officers, firefighters, sheriff's deputies and first responders parade at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in West Hollywood, Calif., in a show of support for nurses and health care workers on National Nurses Day.
Ray Watson loads food into a car as drivers pull up to a food distribution site run by the Elisha Project and Mount Hope Community Center on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in Providence, R.I. The groups are seeing a greater demand for food from families in need as the coronavirus shutdown continues into its eighth week.
Traffic is barely existent on normally-congested Interstate 25, front, as the road passes by the center of downtown as residents follow the stay-at-home order because of the new coronavirus on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in Denver, Colo. The order expires Friday, which will allow retail stores and personal service businesses to reopen while following restrictions.
A cyclist wears a face covering while pedaling up a trail as other cyclists pause to watch jet pilots from the Colorado Air National Guard take part in a flyover across the Boulder Valley as part of a statewide tour to honor essential workers on the job during the outbreak of the new coronavirus on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in Boulder, Colo.
A woman walks past the Supreme Court where the justices will hold arguments by telephone for the first time ever on Monday, May 4, 2020, in Washington, D.C.
A local bar owner honors Arizona's coronavirus healthcare workers with a projected image of Rosie the Riveter, a cultural icon of the World War II era, wearing a face mask and gloves on Sunday, May 3, 2020, in Phoenix, Ariz.
A procession of emergency vehicles follows the ambulance carrying the body of retired paramedic Paul Cary after returning from New York late Sunday, May 3, 2020, in Denver, Colorado. Cary died from coronavirus after volunteering to help combat the pandemic in New York City.
Dozens don masks along with scrubs and white coats as the Physicians Action Network held a public rally in support of Dr. Amy Acton at the Ohio Statehouse in downtown Columbus, Ohio on Sunday, May 3, 2020. The rally was a response to protesters of the state's stay-at-home orders who demonstrated outside Acton's home in Bexley on Saturday.
Tables that cannot be used are marked with caution tape and signs at DJ's Deck restaurant on Sunday, May 3, 2020, in Port Orange, Fla. On Monday, many restaurants in Florida can open with proper spacing outdoors and with 25% capacity indoors.
David Cryer, left, of the Hands Across Middlesex Food Pantry, an interfaith organization of local churches, checks food as it is delivered at their food pantry on Monday, April 27, 2020, in Locust Hill, Va.
Elizabeth Villwock, manager of The Emporium market, surveys items for sale on the porch of her business after reopening to offer curbside pickup following the expiration of a statewide stay-at-home order while still dealing with the dangers of the new coronavirus on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Castle Rock, Colo.
Flight crew members unload a donation of medical supplies from Turkey on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. The donation to help fight the new coronavirus in the United States included surgical masks, sanitizers and protective suits.
A Tyson Fresh Meats plant is seen Monday, April 27, 2020, in Emporia, Kan. President Donald Trump plans to order meat processing plants to stay open amid concerns over growing coronavirus cases and the impact on the nation's food supply.
Lisa Gathright, right, a second-grade teacher at Midwest City elementary school, delivers a packet for one of her students, Kaylyn Polley, left, on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Midwest City, Okla. Gathright was delivering study and goodie packets to her students. With schools shut down for the remainder of the school year due to the coronavirus, schools have been using distance learning.
Medical personnel attend a nightly 7pm applause in their honor on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, outside NYU Langone Medical Center in the Manhattan borough of New York.
Flying Dog Brewery employee CJ Winpigler gathers beer and food to distribute during an event with businesses including Flying Dog Brewery, Roast House Pub, McCutcheons and Frederick Balloons to front line essential workers, including healthcare and first responders in Frederick, Md. on Tuesday, April 28, 2020.
The Training Ship Golden Bear is seen moored at the California Maritime State University Academy on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Vallejo, Calif. The Academy has received permission from the office of California Gov. Gavin Newsom to resume limited in-person classes this semester and hopes to send 350 students and staff on its annual summer training cruise, which is a graduation requirement for cadets.
A woman has her wrist marked twice with a permanent marker while waiting with hundreds of people for food donations, given to those impacted by the COVID-19 virus outbreak, in Chelsea, Mass. on Tuesday, April 28, 2020.
Liz McLaughlin, right, of St. Luke's United Methodist Church and Ending Hunger OKC, hands a family meal container to a volunteer to deliver to a car at a food give-away at Christ Temple Community Church on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Oklahoma City, as the need for food assistance grows during the coronavirus pandemic. The meals, provided by Oklahoma City area restaurants, provide food for 6-8 people.
Members of the Nevada Air National Guard work at a drive-thru coronavirus testing site on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Vice President Mike Pence visits the molecular testing lab at Mayo Clinic on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Rochester, Minn., where he toured the facilities supporting COVID-19 research and treatment. Pence chose not to wear a face mask while touring the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. It's an apparent violation of the world-renowned medical center's policy requiring them.
Medical workers prepare for the opening of a COVID-19 test location in a parking lot near the casinos in Atlantic City, N.J. on Tuesday, April 28, 2020.
Paul Tormey, Regional Vice President of Fairmont Hotels, wears a mask while gesturing in front of a statue of singer Tony Bennett outside of the Fairmont San Francisco hotel after leading hotel workers in a singing of the song "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" on Saturday, April 25, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. Bennett had encouraged San Franciscans to join him in a sing-a-long from their homes during shelter in place orders for COVID-19 concerns.
Nurses stand in counter-protest during a demonstration against stay-at-home orders at the State House on Saturday, April 25, 2020, in Providence, R.I., during the coronavirus outbreak.
A skate park on Venice Beach is filled with sand to keep skateboarders out during the coronavirus outbreak on Saturday, April 25, 2020, in the Venice section of Los Angeles, Calif.
A shopper, right, checks a newspaper vending machine outside a grocery store in Glenview, Ill. on Saturday, April 25, 2020. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker extended a stay-at-home order through May 30 that requires face masks to be worn in public due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A volunteer works on unloading items off a tractor trailer during a food drive by World Central Kitchen in the parking lot of the Camden Yards Sports Complex on Saturday, April 25, 2020, in Baltimore, Maryland. World Central Kitchen conducted its food relief operation to help relieve food insecurity faced by Baltimore's vulnerable communities, at the request of Governor Larry Hogan.
Signs outside of a Walgreens advises that no COVID-19 testing is done inside the store as a customer departs the location in Dallas, Texas on Saturday, April 25, 2020. This location began testing for the new coronavirus the day before with a drive-thru process and is provided to eligible individuals at no cost. Persons wanting to be tested are asked to go online to their website to determine their eligibility. The test is self-administered with directions from store pharmacists.
A runner passes a school closed sign on Friday, April 24, 2020, in Phoenix, Arizona. It took a decade for Arizona lawmakers to restore much of the school funding they cut in the wake of the Great Recession. Now, education leaders fear a looming recession created by the coronavirus could once again mean reductions in school funding.
Medical workers bring a patient to the Northbridge Health Care Center on Wednesday, April 22, 2020, in Bridgeport, Conn. To slow the spread of the coronavirus inside nursing homes, Connecticut has begun transferring infected residents to off-site recovery centers following their release from hospitals. The plan has sparked some fears about the effects for frail, elderly residents who might be displaced to make room in repurposed care facilities. But public health experts see potential in the effort to find a way to curb the outbreak that has ravaged elder care facilities globally.
An outdoor mall at Bally's Las Vegas is empty of people along the Las Vegas Strip, during the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Las Vegas.
A banner plane flies a sign urging Miami Beach, Fla. Mayor Dan Gelber to open the beaches, which have been closed due to the coronavirus outbreak on Sunday, April 19, 2020, in Miami Beach, Fla.
A Senate voting device is set up by Virginia Senate staff at the temporary site where the Virginia Senate will meet for the reconvene session at the Science Museum on Mondaym April 20, 2020, in Richmond, Va.
Nikolas Thomson, of Southington, is making 3-D printed face shields and other protective equipment for healthcare workers and first responders on Friday, Apr. 17, 2020, in Southington, Conn. The three have set up shop in the building previously occupied by Hop Knot craft beer and gourmet pretzel bar on Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike in Plantsville.
Field workers harvest and cut onions on Wednesday, April,16, 2020, in Edinburg, Tex. Pandemic clouds future for Valley agriculture industry.
Deacon Rudy Sepulveda, one of ten people allowed inside the funeral home sanctuary during a veteran's farewell on Friday, April 17, 2020, in Pharr, Tex.
Frontline coronavirus doctors and nurses at Valleywise Health hospital await a donation of PPE by the Chinese Americans COVID-19 Relief AZ organization Thursday, April 16, 2020, in Phoenix.
An airport employee stands outside an almost empty security screening area at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport Thursday, April 16, 2020, in Atlanta. Hartsfield Jackson, one of the busiest airports in the world, has seen traffic drop dramatically because of the coronavirus.
Maribel Pedraza, right, holds her niece Belen Pedraza, 4, as police and fire department personnel drive by in a tribute to medical workers at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, in Burbank, Calif.
A Central Texas Food Bank volunteer loads food into a vehicle on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, in Austin, Texas. The Central Texas Food Bank distributed free emergency food boxes to help those who are facing increased food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A shopper walks out of a store in Annapolis, Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Anne Arundel County is now requiring employees and shoppers to wear masks to help limit the spread of the coronavirus joining a few other counties in Maryland who are requiring the same.
Workers at F.A.B.R.I.C., a non-profit organization providing resources for emerging fashion designers, looks through newly made PPE for area Dignity Health employees due to the coronavirus on Monday, April 13, 2020, in Tempe, Ariz. F.A.B.R.I.C. is working around the clock to create thousands of FDA-approved isolation gowns for local workers on the front lines of the pandemic.
A patient is wheeled into an ambulance from MGH Chelsea HealthCare Center on Monday, April 13, 2020, in Chelsea, Mass., where COVID-19 testing has begun for anyone reporting symptoms. While appointments to be tested are encouraged, walk-ins won't be turned away. People looking to be tested do not need to be a patient of Mass General Hospital and don't have to have health insurance.
Hew Kowalewski, a furloughed employee of Disney World stands next to a window of his home on Monday, April 13, 2020, in Kissimmee, Fla. Many of Florida's jobless have reported problems filing applications for unemployment benefits.
People on the street near the MSC South homeless shelter, where at least 70 people have now tested positive for COVID-19, on Monday, April 13, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. Local governments have begun moving large numbers of homeless into hotels as part of Operation Roomkey. Among the requirements are that people get tested when they check in and that medical staff at the hotel make regular checks to see if people's conditions change.
Blood collection specialist Niilo Juntunen, left, looks on as former Seattle Mariners baseball player Dan Wilson gives a thumbs up sign to his wife as both donate blood at a pop-up blood donor event at the Mariners' ballpark on Monday, April 13, 2020, in Seattle, Wash. The Mariners teamed with Bloodworks Northwest for the appointment-only donor event to help ensure the region's blood supply is maintained during the coronavirus outbreak.
Beds fill a structure at a coronavirus isolation and quarantine complex for the homeless on Monday, April 13, 2020, in Las Vegas. The facility, scheduled to open Monday evening, was built to house homeless with suspected or confirmed cases of coronavirus that don't require hospitalization.
Health care workers and security personnel wait for patients at a drive-up COVID-19 testing location on Monday, April 13, 2020, where the coronavirus outbreak is taking a disproportionate toll in a predominately black area of St. Louis, Missouri.
A wooden retaining wall message in front of a home, left, offers thanks to health professionals and first responders for their responses in the fight against the coronavirus on Monday, April 13, 2020, in Edina, Minn.
A woman walks past the Utah State Capitol on Monday, April 13, 2020, in Salt Lake City. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is extending his voluntary directive telling people to stay home except for essential errands through the end of April. He is also encouraging people to wear masks when at stores and other businesses to prevent the spread of the virus.
A person wearing a protective face mask and gloves as a precaution against the coronavirus walks by the Robert Indiana sculpture "LOVE" at John F. Kennedy Plaza, commonly known as Love Park, in Philadelphia on Monday, April 13, 2020.
Sarah Rivas, an employee at Annie's Paramount Steakhouse in Dupont Circle district of Washington, D.C., arranges a display of toilet paper and liquor for carry out orders on Monday, April 13, 2020. The steakhouse closed due to the coronavirus pandemic but is opened for carry out orders offering the steakhouse's menu, liquor and groceries.
Maclola Orozco wears protective gear as a precaution against the coronavirus as she restocks shelves at El Rancho grocery store in Dallas, Texas on Monday, April 13, 2020.
A person wearing a protective face mask crosses Benjamin Franklin Parkway in view of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Monday, April 13, 2020.
Sharon and Bart Williams of Annapolis, Md., wave to their family and friends as they are surprised on Sunday, April 12, 2020, with a social distance celebration of the their 56th wedding anniversary. Because of the coronavirus, the Williams have stayed home to self-isolate and were surprised by the unexpected visit to mark their anniversary.
Connecticut Air and Army National Guard personnel move pole vault and high-jump mats to an outdoor field to make room inside Moore Field House for a temporary field hospital to be constructed to the current coronavirus crisis at Southern Connecticut State University, on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in New Haven, Conn. The 250-bed field hospital will facilitate overflow in the event that regional hospitals treating COVID-19 patients reach their capacity.
Layne Bjornseth, left, and her boyfriend Ben Glover touch up a mural with chalk off Southampton Court on Monday, March 30, 2020, in Decatur, Ala. Bjornseth's inspiration for the artwork is to share a message of hope and encouragement the coronavirus pandemic.
An RV park at Dockweiler State Beach, where some coronavirus patients are being quarantined, is viewed on Friday, April 3, 2020, in Los Angeles.
A couple wipes their hands with hand sanitizer as they walk to be screened for the new coronavirus at Huntsville Fever & Flu Clinic on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Huntsville, Ala.
Charles Bevier of Denver stands in the center of normally-congested Larimer Street to take a photograph of the nearly-empty throughfare as residents deal with the spread of coronavirus on Saturday, March 21, 2020, in Denver.
Some people wearing face masks wait in line to shop Saturday, April 4, 2020, in Tempe, Ariz. Honeywell announced that it is adding manufacturing capabilities in Phoenix to produce N95 face masks in support of the government's response to the novel coronavirus The company's Phoenix expansion will allow Honeywell to produce more than 20 million N95 disposable masks monthly to combat COVID-19.
Ian Coulter, originally from Seattle who is studying at the University of Colorado Medical Center, moves medical supplies that were donated as part of an effort staged by two state lawmakers, Project C.U.R.E., Colorado Concern and the Denver Broncos with the spread of coronavirus on Sunday, March 22, 2020, in Denver.
A hospital worker transfers equipment to a curbside testing area at PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center in Ketchikan, Alaska, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. The testing area is set for patients showing symptoms after potential contact with the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19. PeaceHealth is providing curbside tests only to patients with a referral from the Ketchikan Public Health Center.
Health care workers of Decatur Morgan Hospital wave as members of Epic Church parade around the facility to show support during the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, April 3, 2020, in Decatur, Ala.
A line of around fifty people extends from the door of Arkansas Workforce Center in Fayetteville, Ark. on Monday, March 30, 2020.
The Universal City Overlook on Mulholland Drive is closed during the coronavirus pandemic on April 8, 2020, in Los Angeles, Calif. COVID-19 has spread to most countries around the world, claiming almost 70,000 lives with infections nearing 1.3 million people.
A sign alerts commuters traveling westbound on Interstate 10 that Alabama beaches are closed in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Friday, March 20, 2020, in Daphne, Ala. In a matter of days, millions of Americans have seen their lives upended by measures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness.
Emily Miles has her temperature taken before being allowed to donate blood at a temporary blood bank set up in a church's fellowship hall Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in Tempe, Ariz. Schools and businesses that typically host blood drives are temporarily closed due to precautionary measures in place to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus leading to extremely low levels of blood availability throughout the state.
An aerial view from a drone shows vehicles lining up to receive unemployment applications being given out by City of Hialeah employees in front of the John F. Kennedy Library on April 8, 2020, in Hialeah, Fla. The city is distributing the printed unemployment forms to residents as people continue to have issues with access to the state of Florida’s unemployment website in the midst of widespread layoffs due to businesses closing during the coronavirus pandemic.
Healthcare professionals wear personal coronavirus from their parked cars on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, at the St. Bernards Urgent Care Clinic on Red Wolf Boulevard in Jonesboro, Ark. (Quentin Winstine/The Jonesboro Sun via AP)
Steve King, a Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest forklift driver, prepares to deliver pallets during a supply load aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) at Naval Base San Diego, adjacent to San Diego, Calif., Saturday, March 21, 2020.
Two people attempt to get inside the State of Alaska Division of Public Assistance office near downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on Monday, March 30, 2020.
Informational signs near Port Canaveral warn motorists that all beach parking in Brevard County is closed Saturday, April 4, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Although some county beaches remain open during the coronavirus outbreak, without parking many beachgoers remained at home.
Harry Powell, of Lexington, Ky., works to change the marquee at the Kentucky Theatre in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 18, 2020. The Kentucky Theatre will close on Wednesday following an executive order from Gov. Andy Beshear asking all public-facing businesses to close to help fight the spread of coronavirus.
A plane takes off over the Norwegian Jewel cruise ship as it sits docked in Honolulu on Monday, March 23, 2020. Passengers from the cruise ship that was turned away from other ports before arriving in Hawaii are being taken to Honolulu airport for chartered flights home. About 2,000 passengers on the Norwegian Jewel are undergoing medical screening before boarding buses that will take them to their flights. There are no confirmed cases of coronavirus from anyone on the ship. State officials changed their minds several times before deciding over the weekend that the passengers could disembark at Honolulu Harbor. Measures to seal off borders to reduce the spread of coronavirus have left some cruise ships stranded.
Cars line up as drive-through coronavirus testing for medical workers and first responders opens on March 22, 2020, outside a Walmart in Northlake.
A sign at a store in South Fulton, Ga., lets customers know about the city's curfew because of the coronavirus, on Thursday, March 19, 2020.
Signs in front of Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park warn patrons that the park is closed due to coronavirus fears, on Monday, March 23, 2020, in Key Biscayne, Fla.
Members of the Governor's Food and Horse Guard set up a mobile tent outside Saint Francis Hospital on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 in Hartford, Conn.
Travis Swann Taylor walks through a nearly empty Georgia State Capitol on Thursday, March 19, 2020, after Georgia lawmakers were urged Wednesday to self-isolate themselves, after a state senator said he tested positive for the coronavirus.
Employees of Eli Lilly check in members of the healthcare community as they begin drive-through testing for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the company headquarters in Indianapolis, on Monday, March 23, 2020. The group eligible for testing includes physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and allied healthcare professionals.
La Casa Lopez employees Nick Huot and Emily Walters deliver an order to a customer in a vehicle after fears over the spread of coronavirus caused the dining room to be closed, on Saturday, March 21, 2020, in Moscow, Idaho.
Information signs are posted before entering a Walmart store in Vernon Hills, Ill., Saturday, April 4, 2020. Walmart will limit the number of customers allowed and create one-way traffic inside its stores during coronavirus pandemic.
Bill Purdue, left, cuts pieces of fabric while Mike Rice sews them into face masks in Rice's autobody and upholstery shop in Washington, Ind. on Sunday, March 22, 2020. They will deliver the masks this week to Deaconess Health System in Evansville, Indiana, which asked community members to sew cloth masks for health care workers who may face a shortage amid the coronavirus pandemic. They're among legions of everyday Americans making face masks for desperate hospitals, nursing homes and homeless shelters that could run out of personal protective equipment.
Distiller Greg Biagi fills a container with hand sanitizer at the Foundry Distilling Co., Friday, March 20, 2020, in West Des Moines, Iowa. The company produced the hand sanitizer and made it available to the community at no charge in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Children collect their free meal at East Silver Spring Elementary School, Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in Silver Spring, Md, provided by the Montgomery (Md) County Public School to school children for the duration of the state-mandated coronavirus pandemic emergency school closure.
A hospital worker checks messages while waiting at the entrance of a by appointment only drive-thru coronavirus testing location at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kan., Tuesday, March 24, 2020.
Octavio Ramos, Silent Brigade Distillery bar manager, checks on a batch of mash at the distillery in downtown Paducah, Ky. on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Silent Brigade is making hand sanitizer and giving it to the public for free. Hand sanitizer has become a commodity in recent weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Pedestrians keep their distance in downtown Portland, Maine, just hours before a stay-at-home order goes into effect Wednesday, March 25, 2020, that will close all but essential workplaces in the city. City officials say residents must shelter in place starting at 5 p.m. Wednesday to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. Maine has reached 118 coronavirus cases, the majority in Cumberland and York counties.
Richard Bienvenu, left, and Tommy Mason, show love and support for Tommy's mother, Lambeth House resident Pat Mason, 83, who is quarantined but with no coronavirus systems, Thursday, March 19, 2020 in New Orleans. Gov. John Bel Edwards said Thursday that a growing number of new coronavirus cases could push Louisiana past its capacity to deliver health care in as few as seven days, comparing the state's possible situation to that of Italy, where the virus has overwhelmed hospitals.
Mike Goodhartt and other workers at the L.L. Bean shipping center box up donated canned foods to be distributed for food pantries across the state of Maine, Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in Freeport, Maine. The outdoor retailer, which is experiencing sinking sales because of coronavirus, is partnering with the Good Shepherd food bank.
A teacher at Eastside Elementary delivers an iPad to a parent as educators work on handing out the devices for remote learning while students are forced to stay home during the coronavirus outbreak, Monday, March 23, 2020, in Clinton, Miss.
Snoops the skunk roamed around near the Sturgeon tank at the Great Lakes Aquarium on Thursday, March 19, 2020. The Great Lakes Aquarium is closed until at least April 15th in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus. But while the building is closed to visitors, there is still limited staff working to keep the animals fed and engaged.
A sign urges residents to stay home as motorists drive past downtown Tuesday, March 24, 2020 on the first day of a stay-at-home order in Kansas City, Mo. Kansas City and surrounding counties instituted a 30-day mandatory stay-at-home order in an effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
Critical care nurse Molly Spaeny, left, with St. Vincent Healthcare speaks with a patient after administering a coronavirus test in a drive-thru testing center outside the hospital in Billings, Mont. Friday, March 20, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia.
Neb. Senators Tony Vargas of Omaha, left, and Mark Kolterman of Seward, bump elbows at the State Capitol in Lincoln, Neb., Monday, March 23, 2020. Nebraska lawmakers reconvened on Monday to pass emergency funding for the coronavirus outbreak. Lawmakers advanced an $83.6 million emergency funding package Monday to help fight the new coronavirus as Gov. Pete Ricketts sought to assure the public that the state is "well ahead of the curve" compared to others in its response to the global pandemic.
A sign indicates to "Stay Home for Nevada" along a usually busy Fremont Street after casinos were ordered to shut down due to the coronavirus outbreak Saturday, March 21, 2020, in Las Vegas.
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, right, examines bedding packets as he tours a makeshift medical facility with N.H. Army National Guard Col. David Mikolaities, center, and N.H.A.N.G. Col. Erik Fessenden, left, at a gymnasium at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, March 24, 2020. The facility, and others across the state, will open when there is demand for patients impacted with COVID-19. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Members of the media attend a tour inside the New Jersey Convention Center on April 8, 2020, in Edison, New Jersey. Workers set up a field medical station at the Convention Center while New Jersey has the second most cases in the U.S. after New York.
Tanna Crouse, 13, left, Greta Sticha, 8, middle, and her brother Elam, 5, use chalk to color a path of hearts leading to a home's front steps on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 in Bismarck. The hearts are a symbolic gesture of solidarity and a way for people to stay connected while staying at home due to the coronavirus pandemic forcing school closures and social distancing in North Dakota. (Mike McCleary/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)
Ohio National Guard Sgt. Kevin Fowler assists in repackaging emergency food boxes for food distribution at the Cleveland Food Bank, Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in Cleveland. State parks have shuttered cabins, golf courses and marinas as Ohio enters its first full day of a statewide “stay at home” order to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Grocery stores, gas stations and other essential businesses remain open.
Monica Ybarra, corporate counsel for TBS Factoring Service, holds a sign announcing sandwiches for semis along I-35 near the Hefner Road exit in Oklahoma City, Friday, March 20, 2020. Nationwide as rest stops and restaurants close, truck drivers are finding it difficult to locate prepared food items and face challenges including parking and access to drive through only locations. TBS Factoring Service is providing truckers with a "grab-and-go" a sack lunch featuring a sub sandwich, water and chips along I-35, Friday, March 20, 2020.
A marquee outside the Lake Theater & Café in Lake Oswego, Ore., offers advice on how not to spread germs Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Monday banned on-site consumption at bars and restaurants around the state for at least four weeks in a bid to slow the spread of the new coronavirus and said gatherings will be limited to 25 people or fewer.
Courtney Grooms, right, waits for the next person to screen before they can enter the AnMed Health Campus Emergency entrance in Anderson, S.C. in Anderson Thursday, March 19, 2020. Persons authorized to get tested for Coronavirus are sent to another area outside the North campus on S.C. 81, at the AnMed Health Kirk Oglesby Health Campus.
Mike Johnston, a clerk at the Maupin Market in tiny Maupin, Oregon, wipes down the ice cream case to protect customers from the new coronavirus on March 20, 2020. Tiny towns tucked into Oregon's windswept plains and cattle ranches miles from anywhere in South Dakota might not have had a single case of the new coronavirus yet, but their residents fear the spread of the disease to areas with scarce medical resources, the social isolation that comes when the only diner in town closes its doors and the economic free fall that's already hitting them hard.
Seated in chairs set eight feet apart, blood donors wait to be taken to one of three mobile blood centers during a blood drive hosted by Marsh Regional Blood Center at the Bristol Motor Speedway Monday, March 23, 2020. With a nationwide shortage of blood supply growing, the blood drive provides local residents the opportunity to donate in a time of need due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Kaye Knighton, 86, receives a visit from his daughter-law Darla Knighton, left, and Debbie Atkins, right, at the Creekside Senior Living Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in Bountiful, Utah. Window visits help seniors connect to families despite coronavirus restrictions.
Members of the West Virginia National Guard and many volunteers assist with the preparation and distribution of around 2000 school lunches in the cafeteria at Greenbrier East High School in Fairlea, WV., Monday, March 23, 2020. The Greater Greenbrier Long-Term Recovery Committee and the National Guard partnered with Greenbrier County Schools to help feed breakfast and lunch to students during the school shutdown due to coronavirus.
“It’s a complete and total victory for the counties, the businesses and the representatives,” he told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. “You can’t order the entire population of Pennsylvania to stay at home.”
Wolf’s office has yet to respond to the ruling.
Pennsylvania has recorded more than 150,000 coronavirus infections and nearly 8,000 deaths since the pandemic began.
