Michigan: Emergency Powers of the Governor Act of 1945

Michigan GOP lawmakers end Gov. Whitmer's 'rule by decree'

and she is powerless to veto it

According to WDIV-TV, the Republican-led state House voted 60-48 on Wednesday to repeal an emergency powers law that granted broad authority to governors to issue an emergency declaration and enact rules to "protect life and property or to bring the emergency situation within the affected area under control." The state Senate approved the repeal proposal last week.

It was declared unconstitutional by the Michigan Supreme Court last October.

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