Michigan House OKs lawsuit over Whitmer's powers
Lansing — The Michigan House approved a resolution Thursday that authorizes Speaker Lee Chatfield, R-Levering, to file a legal challenge against unilateral efforts Gov. Gretchen Whtimer has taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
House members adopted the resolution in a voice vote as a feud continues in Lansing over Whitmer's emergency powers. The vote also happened as dozens of protesters, some of them armed, gathered outside the House chamber.
The Senate has a similar resolution before it but hadn't voted as of 3 p.m. Thursday.
The House resolution allows a legal action "challenging the authority and actions of the governor, and the executive branch generally, taken during the COVID-19 pandemic."
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/04/30/house-adopts-resolution-allow-suit-over-govs-emergency-powers/3056678001/