It’s been one year since the Michigan Supreme Court struck down Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s misuse of executive power during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In response to the spread of the new coronavirus, many governors used emergency powers to unilaterally put in place unprecedented mandates, such as prolonged school closures, business lockdowns and shelter-in-place orders. Outside of wartime, these types of measures had never been used this extensively. It came as no surprise that they were controversial.
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