The executive branch in Wisconsin took the approach of “By Any Means Necessary”. That has consequences as we have now seen. The Governor couldn’t prolong his lockdown order so he had a subordinate issue an order doing so. In doing that he ran aground on legal niceties such as the legislature having to be involved for much of the subordinate’s order to be legally effective.
As for the court just ignoring the matter as an exercise of discretion that too would have been an abuse. The ends do not justify the means. We won’t last under that innovation.
The ends do not justify the means in this country. UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh’s highlighting of the decisiom is helpful: https://reason.com/2020/05/13/wisconsin-supreme-court-strike...
As for the court just ignoring the matter as an exercise of discretion that too would have been an abuse. The ends do not justify the means. We won’t last under that innovation.