A state board has certified that an initiative to curtail Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s emergency powers has gathered enough signatures to put the question before the Legislature.
Republican leaders have promised a vote very soon on the initiative after battling with the governor’s unilateral use of emergency orders during the COVID-19 crisis.
The state Supreme Court has already ruled the governor’s use of that power was too expansive.
Fred Wzolek of Unlock Michigan says that court decision should be backed up by changing the language of the law.
“I believe that bad ideas never really die in Lansing, they just take naps. And this one could wake back up.”
Wzolek says the Unlock Michigan campaign will next try to prevent to prevent the state health department from enacting lengthy restrictions without the Legislature’s approval.