Posted on 04/12/2020 12:29:51 PM PDT by Maudeen
Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's order closing public school buildings also bans homeschooling, which is unconstitutional, contends a legal non-profit in the state.
"The Great Lakes Justice Center calls upon Gov. Whitmer to correct this unconstitutional action and assure parents in Michigan that they may continue to safely home school their own children while the EO is in effect," the organization said in a statement Thursday.
The April 2 order states "in-person instruction for pupils in kindergarten through grade 12 is suspended for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year."
It applies to all "non-public ... schools in the state."
"The governor clearly has the authority to close school buildings," the legal team acknowledged. However, "Michigan law defines home schools as nonpublic schools."
That means the executive order bars parents from directly teaching their children at home, the organization argued.
"While this may be an unintended consequence of faulty drafting, the EO's plain language bans all 'in-person instruction' of all children."
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Half Wit is begging for a recall vote. Give it to her.
Half Whitmer is dumber than a box of hair.
If you thought Granholm was bad.....
It makes no sense that government demand that families be sequestered and then say “in-person instruction for pupils in kindergarten through grade 12 is suspended for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year.”
Using that time for teaching would be the logical course of action.
This is what happens when your default reaction is knee-jerk
A governor cannot claim any such authority. The EO is void on its face.
Allowing such an EO to go into affect would also validate any future Governors/state EO that claims the authority to regulate ALL public school aged children, under the guise of “education” in controlling any of their activity during the hours of public schooling, public or private!
She did not ban homeschooling. Some homeschooling advocates are pretending that it bans homeschooling to try and make some political point.
Does the scale go below ZERO?
In the Catholic Teaching it is a parental responsibility to educate their kids. Education -meaning at least overseeing what the heck the kids are being taught. When the state interferes with homeschooling, the system has tipped over.
WOW, forget public office, this governor (like many others), is at total, full-on, unchecked WAR, to utterly destroy the U.S. Constitution and the Michigan Constitution.
While it won’t happen, in all reality (in writ and principle), she needs to be locked up, or suffer the prescribed judgement of one who is guilty of treason, as she is proactively seeking total destruction of the Constitution, while actively seeking to enslave the citizens to her supreme control!
She really is totally out of control!
Wait until President Trump finds out, left-wing governors across America are not going to lift the already illegal “lock-down”, so they can really wipe out his economy, while they create a monstrous, never before imagined constitutional crisis.
The lock-downs, and details of their lock-downs, are already done largely on the various governors orders, andbin reality already not Constitutional.
Already in both beliefs and nature, left-wing politicians and governors don’t have moral boundaries, and are anti-American global socialists.
We will see, but the potential does exist, for highly destructive, high stakes, constitutuonal destruction.
Banning homeschooling because you can not guarantee the allegiance of independent people is akin to Roman persecution of Christans. Happy Easter.
Will Michigan taxpayers be refunded for their education expenses or will she confiscate the money to fix the roads and/or other pet projects? Are education staff members still getting full pay and benefits?
Get rid of this bitch now RECALL
Perhaps nit-whitmer fits better that half-whitmer.
How in the world did this bucking, jumping, snorting wild ass ever win an election?
Sounds like folks at home in Michigan better come out shooting.
Whitmer is more of a megalomaniacal traitor.
They will have to reopen schools.
Kids are starting to think for themselves!
I hope Biden picks her for Veep.
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