This court judgment combines with a law passed earlier this year by the Missouri legislature which limits all state and local executives (mayors, county executives, etc.) to public health emergency orders that only last for 30 days. Such orders can either be immediately struck down by a majority vote of the local elected legislature (city council, county commission, etc), or will automatically expire after 30 days if the local elected legislature does not explicitly renew it.

The judge in his ruling (see my post of the link to it below) specifically mentions this law, and even states in passing that the 30-day allowance of the Missouri law doesn't pass constitutional muster, but he didn't officially make that a part of his ruling as that wasn't the law that was on trial here. What the judge has specifically struck down here is a set of codified administrative rules issued by the Missouri state health department.

This court judgment combines with a law passed earlier this year by the Missouri legislature which limits all state and local executives (mayors, county executives, etc.) to public health emergency orders that only last for 30 days. Such orders can either be immediately struck down by a majority vote of the local elected legislature (city council, county commission, etc), or will automatically expire after 30 days if the local elected legislature does not explicitly renew it.

The judge in his ruling (see my post of the link to it above) specifically mentions this law, and even states in passing that the 30-day allowance of the Missouri law doesn't pass constitutional muster, but he didn't officially make that a part of his ruling as that wasn't the law that was on trial here. What the judge has specifically struck down here is a set of codified administrative rules issued by the Missouri state health department.