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Michigan Governor’s Stay-At-Home Executive Order Is Unconstitutional And Arbitrary
In March 2020, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer passed the “Stay Home, Stay Safe” Executive Order mandating a state-wide lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Michigan, one of the states most severely hit by the virus. This Executive Order has sparked major controversy over its severe limitations on basic human rights and freedoms, which are markedly more restrictive than any other state’s response.
By Katarina Bradford4 min read
This has once again raised the most trending Constitutional question during the COVID-19 pandemic, namely, where is the line between emergency powers and unconstitutional rule? Many Michigan residents and thousands of others across the U.S. protest that Whitmer has gone too far and disregarded her constitutional limits as governor.