Michigan joins several other states in the joint filing, claiming the Education Department is illegally sending money under the Cares COVID-19 supplemental funding bill, to private schools.
The lawsuit is filed in the Grand Rapids federal court district and charges the state is in violation of a federal law that requires accurate voter registration lists.
There’s little question the 77-year-old barber Manke will be back at work this morning. Now he has the protection of the State Supreme Court in his battle with Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer over her shutdown orders.
The fitness centers have had it. They claim the Governor’s now unilateral shutdown order is violating their state constitutional rights and is not allowed under state law.
Majority Republicans in both the State House of Representatives and the State Senate concluded a lawsuit was the only remedy to the impasse with the Governor over the extended shutdown that has crippled the state’s economy.
Congressman Mitchell contends Governor Whitmer’s emergency declaration and subsequent closing orders violate his constitutional rights and the separation of powers in government.