By Will Kriss
Jul 21, 2021 | 6:24 PM
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) â The law Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been using to extend emergency pandemic orders has been terminated, due to the certification of a citizen initiative.
The group behind the initiative, Unlock Michigan, has been collecting signatures to repeal the law Whitmer was using to extend those orders, known as the Emergency Powers of Governor Act of 1945.
That law was previously found to be unconstitutional last October by the Michigan Supreme Court. Thanks to the certification of the initiative, it will be repealed from Michigan law.
Additionally, Whitmer is unable to appeal, as Michigan law states that a governor cannot veto a bill presented in this way. The petition was approved in a vote of 68-40.
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