by: WOOD TV
LANSING, Mich. (WOOD TV) — A divided state Supreme Court has declined to expedite an appeal in the Republican-led Legislature’s lawsuit challenging Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home restrictions. An appeals court judge had ruled in her favor two weeks ago.
In the ruling, the state's Supreme Court justices voted 4-3 to deny GOP lawmakers’ request to bypass the Court of Appeals and hear their suit contesting her use of emergency powers during the pandemic.
Governor Whitmer had also asked the Supreme Court to intervene in the suit.
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