Michigan Court Rules Gov. Whitmer’s Unilateral State of Emergency Extension As Valid
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer scores win against the state legislature’s challenges to her COVID-19 emergency executive orders
The Michigan Court of Claims ruled that the Emergency Powers of the Governor’s Act provides sufficiently precise standards to validly delegate broad emergency authority to the governor
This decision comes shortly after another, recent opinion regarding the governor’s handling of the crisis, which similarly found that the broad authority granted to the governor in emergency situations was within the scope of the authority granted to her by the EPGA and EMA in issuing numerous executive orders
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is facing numerous challenges as a result of the emergency executive orders issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic – without approval from the Michigan House of Representatives or the Michigan Senate.
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