Facing a lawsuit by state Republicans over her use of emergency powers during the coronavirus outbreak, Michigan Gov. “It is a power grab cloaked in the fineries of unfounded legal reasoning.”Oral arguments in the dispute are set to begin Friday, the News reported. The GOP claims Whitmer cannot extend an emergency declaration beyond 28 days without approval from the Legislature, according to the News. Whitmer’s extension was a seizure of lawmaking power from the Legislature “in service of a new executive-domineered legal regime," the GOP claims in its lawsuit. We should all be working together.”In late April, Whitmer extended her emergency order through May 28, hours before it was set to expire, and vetoed a bill that would have limited her powers.

Source: Fox News May 13, 2020 03:56 UTC