DOJ backs lawsuit against Michigan governor's stay-at-home measures

[RandySF]

(CNN)The Justice Department said in a court statement Friday evening that it was supporting the seven businesses that had filed a lawsuit challenging Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's executive orders related to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

In a statement of interest in the case, the department called the Democratic governor's coronavirus executive orders for her state, which has been hit hard by the pandemic, "arbitrary" and "irrational."

"In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state and federal governments have a shared interest in promoting the best possible public health strategies to combat the virus to protect the people of the United States from harm," the court statement said.

"But that interest does not justify government restrictions imposed upon its citizens without legal authority."

The lawsuit the Justice Department is supporting claims Whitmer's orders discriminate against the seven businesses, which include a real estate brokerage and a lawn and property maintenance company. The suit is just one of multiple challenges to Whitmer's orders.




https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/29/politics/justice-department-whitmer-stay-home-order/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_content=2020-05-30T04%3A03%3A02&utm_term=image&utm_source=twCNNp

[roamer65]

1. Fuck the feds.

We will do it the way we want to in MI.

[captain queeg]

2. I thought the rethugs were all about states rights.

[Freethinker65]

3. Has the DOJ taken a look at COVID-19 hotspots?

Whitmer is correct, and should be left alone.
Those suing should be shunned by Michigan citizens.