ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KMOX) - Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced he has filed a lawsuit against St. Louis County Executive Dr. Sam Page and others over the COVID-19 restrictions currently in place.
Schmitt calls some of the restrictions "arbitrary, capricious, and unreasonable," and names Page, Department of Public Health Dr. Faisal Khan and St. Louis County Department of Public Health in the lawsuit filed on Tuesday.
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St. Louis County and the City of St. Louis announced the new "Reopen STL" health orders last week, which allowed businesses to get back to 100% capacity, as long as CDC social distancing guidelines and face mask mandates are followed. Schmitt says the action "refusing to consider important aspects of the problem" and says Page is "refusing to consider less restrictive alternatives that are reasonable under the circumstances."
The lawsuit takes issue with the restrictions on religious institutions, masking requirements for K-12 education, government pre-approval for events, outdoor mask requirements and other things.
Read the full lawsuit here:
The suit brings eight counts against St. Louis County – two counts related to religious exercise, one count alleging violation of freedom of assembly for requiring government pre-approval for events, one count alleging that the latest order is vague and should be declared void, and four counts alleging St. Louis County’s Order is arbitrary and capricious for failing to give meaningful consideration to negative impacts of the Order, for failing to consider less restrictive alternatives, for failing to provide criteria for lifting restrictions, and for broadly unreasonable substantive restrictions.
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