(05-01-2020 07:57 PM)solohawks Wrote:  

(05-01-2020 07:42 PM)Bronco14 Wrote:  

(05-01-2020 06:31 PM)solohawks Wrote:  

(05-01-2020 04:40 PM)Bronco14 Wrote:  I live in Michigan. This is not a good situation.

Her emergency powers were set to expire at midnight unless Congress gave her more. They offered 15 days, plus some other concessions. She told them to pound sand, wanting full authority, so they chose not to extend her emergency power & that going forward things would work as you learn them in school - Congress writes the bills, and she can veto if she doesn't like them

She said 'screw that', and she gave herself emergency powers for 30 more days via executive order, denying any Congressional say in it.

Congress is saying that the Michigan constitution forbids her from giving herself emergency powers without having it go through Congress first. They said they're suing but I have no idea if they actually are & the timeliness of this. If you hear that they're suing the contents of her executive orders, that's incorrect. they're suing her self-granted emergency powers.

She shows little intention of opening up, only saying BS like (and this is verbatim) 'people want the government to take care of them', 'going to be a slow process', 'will last months, into the fall', etc.

Michigan has a severe stay-at-home order & it's expected she's going to extend that with her unconstitutional emergency powers.

Bottom line: The economic devastation is quickening. I think federal government is going to have to have a say sooner than later, as time marches on & governors get so slow on opening up they're not moving like Michigan's.

Does MI law allow the Govt to declare a state of emergency and grant the office emergency powers?

MI Law allows the governor to declare a state of emergency with emergency powers that lasts for 30 days. When 30 days are up, it needs to be extended by both the House & the Senate, else it's over. The House refused.

Thank you for responding. I'm very concerned about this. I know many in the state are. Even people who vote Blue have expressed their frustration to me.

If that's the law then this should be open and shut, even for a 4 - 3 MI Supreme Court

I understand and appreciate the need for public safety, but we must also look at precedent. Letting governors do whatever they want for however long they want goes against the fundamental core of our system of checks and balances

Lower judge sides w/ Gretchen -> ruled in favor of an older law (that doesn't require the 28 day extension) as the one Gretchen's using (although the older law gives the governor less power)

Hopefully going to the Michigan Supreme Court & fast.