The question is, will the people of Michigan remember all this stuff come election time? (via Twitchy)
JUST NOW: @GovWhitmer doubles down on tyranny as citizens protest her insane overreach:
"I'm not going to sign any bill that takes authority away from me…" pic.twitter.com/5IuwqWuU6O
— Young Americans for Liberty (@YALiberty) April 24, 2020
This goes to
The Republican-led Michigan legislature approved measures to limit Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s executive authority to declare a state of emergency and create a legislative panel to investigate the state’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
After roughly an hour of passionate debate, the Michigan Senate voted 22-15 along partisan lines to pass Senate Bills 857 and 858, which respectively would repeal the Emergency Powers of the Governor Act of 1945 and limit the number of days the governor can unilaterally declare a state of emergency under a separate law from 28 days to 14.
Most of the power vested in the governor of Michigan was authorized by the state legislature: very little comes from their Consitution. They can take it back. But, wait, it gets better
Whitmer’s office said she’d veto the bills ahead of Friday’s session, and reiterated that stance during a morning news briefing: “The powers of the executive office are incredibly important, especially in times of crisis where lives are on the line.â€
Dictator in the making. But, wait, it gets even better
She said she found it “odd†the legislature was continuing to congregate and go against the spirit of the stay-at-home order, which she extended through May 15, albeit with several revisions on allowed activity.
She’s actually telling the legislative branch that they shouldn’t meet.
And she’s extended the stay at home order till May 15th.
