...Her Excellency, the dictator of Michigan, 2020 Dem VP contender...has vetoed legislation that would have shortened the length of some of her executive orders.
Senate Bill 858 would have amended Michigan’s Emergency Management Act of 1976, laying out deadlines for when some of Whitmer’s executive orders would end. Notably, it would have allowed restaurants, bars, gyms and other public-facing businesses to open May 15 with social distancing measures in place.
The bill originally included a stipulation to shorten the amount of time a governor can call for a state of emergency without needing legislative approval, from 28 days to 14 days. That provision wasn’t in the final version approved by the legislature.
In her veto letter, Whitmer said the bill goes against recommendations from public health officials, it doesn’t allow governors to properly address disasters or emergencies and would be useless now anyway since the bill as passed wouldn’t take effect until next year.
"I will not sign any bills that constrain my ability to protect the people of Michigan from a deadly pandemic in a timely manner," Whitmer wrote.
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