Michigan's Governor, Gretchen Whitmer, has used every tactic at her disposal to keep the State of Michigan in an almost terminal lockdown because of the COVID virus.
In an early vote Friday morning, the Michigan House of Representatives voted to repeal the Emergency Powers of the Governor Act of 1945; the legislation used by Whitmer to claim authority to use public health orders to close down her state.
The 1945 Emergency Powers law authorized the governor to declare a state of emergency but it also excluded an oversight role for the state legislature so that any decree might be rejected or that any extension might be denied.
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The overall issue being addressed by the Michigan State Legislature focused on unchecked unilateral power seemingly seized by Whitmer that created an imbalance in the "Co-equal" symbiotic relationship outlined I Michigan's State Constitution.
A May 2020 lawsuit filed by a group of legislative Republicans cited the 1945 Emergency Powers law in a complaint that argued law, as written, is meant for local situations, not the entire state.
By using a law whose application was meant for local administration to affect control over the entirety of the state, they argued Whitmer's unchecked emergency powers violated the state constitutions requirement of a separation of powers "Among co-equal branches of government."
Monday, December 21, 2020
Michigan House Repeals Emergency Law Used by Whitmer to Decree COVID Restrictions
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