Michigan's Supreme Court says Gov. Gretchen Whitmer lacked the authority to extend a state of emergency past April 30. Whitmer — who'd cited two state laws as allowing her to continue the orders — called the ruling 'deeply deeply disappointing.'
Michigan's Supreme Court ruled Friday that Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer does not have the authority to extend a state of emergency past April 30. Whitmer had cited two state laws that allowed her to maintain the state's coronavirus measures via executive order.Michigan's Supreme Court ruled Friday that Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer does not have the authority to extend a state of emergency past April 30.
The Democratic governor issued an executive order declaring a state of emergency in March and expandedThe Republican-controlled legislature passed a resolution to extend the state of emergency, but only until April 30. Whitmer has since issued several more orders related to the pandemic. Whitmer cited two state laws — the Emergency Management Act of 1976 and the Emergency Powers of the Governor Act from 1945 — as granting her the authority to continue the emergency orders past April 30."We conclude that the Governor lacked the authority to declare a 'state of emergency' or a 'state of disaster' under the EMA after April 30, 2020, on the basis of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Right now, every state and the federal government have some form of declared emergency," Whitmer said in a statement.Upper Peninsula region"With this decision, Michigan will become the sole outlier at a time when the Upper Peninsula is experiencing rates of COVID infection not seen in our state since April," Whitmer went on to say.
Whitmer's measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus have been a point of contention between her and Republican lawmakers. In May, as the cases in the state surged, legislatorsThe orders and coronavirus measures also occasioned protests, with hundreds of people —
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