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Michigan GOP congressman sues governor over emergency orders
The Hill ^
| May 4, 2020
| John Bowden
Posted on 05/09/2020 9:38:57 AM PDT by CheshireTheCat
...In a lawsuit filed in United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Rep. Paul Mitchell (R-Mich.) argued that Whitmer usurped powers reserved for the state legislature and said the "unreasonable" orders "shock the conscience," according to The Detroit News.
Mitchell said in the suit that the order had prevented him from seeking medical treatment for a knee injury...
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: coviddictators; gretchenwhitmer; judiciary; michigan; nomoredictators; paulmitchell; politicaljudiciary; wdmichigan
Good for him.
To: CheshireTheCat
Sounds like a guy who is doing his job. Now where are such men and women in the other democrat states?
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posted on
05/09/2020 9:43:14 AM PDT
by
Revel
To: Revel
HOGAN!!!!
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posted on
05/09/2020 9:47:40 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(Flying Colours....)
To: CheshireTheCat
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posted on
05/09/2020 10:07:33 AM PDT
by
sima_yi
( Reporting live from the far North)
To: CheshireTheCat
Back when this C-Virus started finally started getting the media’s attention I postulated the economy would crash and lawyers would have yet another golden opportunity to ply their trade.
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posted on
05/09/2020 10:28:18 AM PDT
by
ImpBill
(Conservative voter sans political Party!)
To: CheshireTheCat
Three Dubya judges and one Grabby Poppy [GHW Bush] senior judge comprise the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
Looks like Gestapo Barbie might be having a bad day in court...
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posted on
05/09/2020 10:41:44 AM PDT
by
kiryandil
(Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
To: kiryandil
Not one Governor has been smacked down for ignoring the Constitution. Where the hell is the Mi SC?
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posted on
05/09/2020 11:11:29 AM PDT
by
gibsonguy
To: gibsonguy
Where the hell is the Mi SC?
On the conservative side at this point. Führerin Geheime 'Gretchen' Staatspolizei Whitmer may not have a good day in court, even if her carpet-munching AG defends her.
To: akalinin
Are they taking her to the Mi SC?
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posted on
05/09/2020 3:45:38 PM PDT
by
gibsonguy
To: gibsonguy
Are they taking her to the Mi SC?
The suit was filed in Federal court, so probably not.
To: akalinin
Not good, the SC already let that pig that runs Illinois keep the people under house arrest there.
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