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<blockquote data-quote="tonyexpress" data-source="post: 4633065" data-attributes="member: 1940"><a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/02/michigan-supreme-court-strikes-down-gretchen-whitmers-emergency-powers/5863340002/" target="_blank">High court strikes down Whitmer&#039;s emergency powers; gov vows to use other means</a>&nbsp; Lansing — In a landmark ruling with far-reaching implications, the Michigan Supreme Court decided Friday that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer violated her constitutional authority by continuing to issue orders to combat COVID-19 without the approval of state lawmakers. &nbsp;Friday’s Supreme Court ruling came after months of litigation over Whitmer’s executive orders, which have shuttered businesses, required residents to wear masks and, for a period, demanded they avoid nonessential trips outside their homes to stem the spread of COVID-19. If only California could/would do the same.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tonyexpress, post: 4633065, member: 1940"] [URL='https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/02/michigan-supreme-court-strikes-down-gretchen-whitmers-emergency-powers/5863340002/'][SIZE=5][B]High court strikes down Whitmer's emergency powers; gov vows to use other means[/B][/SIZE][/URL] [SIZE=5][B] [/B][I]Lansing[/I] — In a landmark ruling with far-reaching implications, the Michigan Supreme Court decided Friday that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer violated her constitutional authority by continuing to issue orders to combat COVID-19 without the approval of state lawmakers. Friday’s Supreme Court ruling came after months of litigation over Whitmer’s executive orders, which have shuttered businesses, required residents to wear masks and, for a period, demanded they avoid nonessential trips outside their homes to stem the spread of COVID-19. If only California could/would do the same.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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