The Legislature’s Republican leaders have taken their challenge to Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s use of her emergency powers to the state Supreme Court.
Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey (R-Clarklake) and House Speaker Lee Chatfield (R-Levering) want the justices to reverse lower courts that upheld Whitmer’s authority. The challenge says Whitmer’s continued use of emergency authority to enact COVID-19 restrictions violates separation of powers and infringes on the Legislature’s right to enact laws.
The justices of the Supreme Court now have to decide whether to take case -- or refuse to hear the challenge and let the lower court decision stand.
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