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Michigan Legislature Approves Citizen Petition to Repeal Governor’s Emergency Powers
Michigan Legislature Approves Citizen Petition to Repeal Governor’s Emergency Powers
Michigan Legislature Approves Citizen Petition to Repeal Governor’s Emergency Powers
The Michigan legislature has approved a citizen-initiated bill that will strip all future governors of the emergency powers granted in the 1945 Emergency Powers of the Governor Act. The controversial act was used by Governor Whitmer in the early days of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic to implement restrictions in the mitigation of the disease.