密歇根共和党领导的立法机构提出上诉周五，法官最近决定维持格雷琴·惠特莫州长4月30日发布的紧急状态令。与此同时，惠特曼将她的家庭订单延长至6月中旬。
立法机关对索赔法院法官辛西娅·斯蒂芬斯周四的裁决提出上诉，辛西娅·斯蒂芬斯发现惠特默有权根据1945年的州法律在4月30日延长紧急命令。立法机关还要求该案件跳过上诉法院，由州最高法院直接受理。
在周四裁决后发表的评论中，州参议院多数党领袖迈克·舍基发表了一份声明，他在声明中表示，共和党人认为法官的裁决是“正确的”。
“虽然我们对这一决定的某些方面感到失望，但我们的断言是正确的，即总督未经立法批准，试图根据《紧急状态管理法》延长紧急状态和灾难状态，是非法的。我们对自己的立场很有信心，并将对这一裁决提出上诉。
舍基引用了斯蒂芬斯的观点，即州长确实超越了她在1976年紧急管理法案方面的权限，该法案要求在最初的28天之后进行延期，须经立法者批准。
然而，据斯蒂芬斯称，1945年的《州长紧急权力法案》允许州长在“发生重大公共危机、灾难、暴乱、灾难或类似的州内公共紧急状态时”宣布进入紧急状态，惠特莫确实有权自行延长该命令。
斯蒂芬斯在回应立法机构关于1945年的法律不能适用于全州秩序的论点时表示:“这与(立法)意图不一致，即原告认为应对重大公共危机的‘足够广泛的权力’受到人为地理限制的限制。”。
谢基说在采访中论WTVB早晨的德莱尼立法机构预计斯蒂芬斯的意见“几乎是完全正确的”
她非常清楚地证明立法机关的观点是正确的，即紧急状态宣布延期和4月30日发布的行政命令参考了1976年的法律，绝对违反了法律。但是后来她裁定1945年的法律...谢尔基说，允许州长做她做的事，只要她引用的是那部法律。他补充说，他认为1945年的法律是为了“立即的、短期的危机和紧急情况”
他预计，如果州最高法院直接受理此案，将在三到四周内开始听取双方意见。
新闻周刊联系Shirkey寻求评论，但是他没有及时回复发表。
周五，惠特莫再次延长了该州的居家命令，至少延长至6月12日，理由是迄今实施的命令“一直有效”
“每天新确诊病例的数量正在缓慢下降。尽管病毒仍然具有攻击性和持久性...惠特莫表示:“尽管我们的检测能力有所提高，但我们医疗保健系统的压力已经开始减轻。
根据该州的COVID-19网站，密歇根州有53913例新冠状病毒确诊病例，5158人死于该病毒。
2020年5月20日，密歇根州兰辛的州议会大厦。该组织抗议密歇根州州长格雷琴·惠特莫强制关闭以遏制冠状病毒大流行。(照片由杰夫·科瓦尔斯基/法新社拍摄)(照片由杰夫·科瓦尔斯基/法新社通过盖蒂图片社拍摄)
Michigan GOP-Led Legislature Files Appeal Over Whitmer Ruling, as Governor Extends State's Stay-at-Home Order
The Michigan Republican-led legislature filed an appeal Friday over a judge's recent decision upholding Governor Gretchen Whitmer's state-of-emergency order from April 30. Meanwhile, Whitman extended her stay-at-home order through mid-June.
The legislature appealed the Thursday ruling by Court of Claims Judge Cynthia Stephens, who found that Whitmer had the authority to extend the emergency order on April 30 under a 1945 state law. The legislature also requested that the case skip the Court of Appeals and be taken up directly by the state's Supreme Court.
In comments issued following the Thursday ruling, State Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey issued a statement in which he said the Republicans felt "vindicated" in the judge's ruling.
"While we are disappointed by aspects of this determination, we are vindicated in our assertion that the Governor acted unlawfully in attempting to extend the states of emergency and disaster under the Emergency Management Act without legislative approval. We are confident in our position and will appeal this ruling," Shirkey said.
Shirkey was referencing Stephens' opinion that the governor did exceed her authority with regard to the Emergency Management Act of 1976, which requires an extension past the initial 28 days to be approved by legislators.
However, by arguing that the Emergency Powers of the Governor Act of 1945, which allows a governor to proclaim a state of emergency "during times of great public crisis, disaster, rioting, catastrophe, or similar public emergency within the state," Whitmer did have the authority to extend the order on her own, according to Stephens.
"It would be inconsistent with (legislative) intent to find that 'sufficiently broad power' to respond to matters of great public crisis is constrained by contrived geographic limitations, as plaintiffs suggest," Stephens said, in response to the legislature's argument that the 1945 law could not be applied to statewide order.
Shirkey said in an interview on WTVB's Delaney in the Morning Stephens' opinion was expected by the legislature "almost to the letter."
"She very clearly vindicated the legislature's point that the emergency declaration extension and the executive orders issued on April 30 in reference to the 1976 law absolutely broke the law. But then she ruled that the 1945 law...allows a governor to do what she did as long as she is referencing that law," Shirkey said, adding that he believes the 1945 law was intended for "immediate, short term duration crises and emergencies."
He expects the state Supreme Court, if they take the case directly, to begin hearing sides in three to four weeks.
Newsweek reached out to Shirkey for comment, but he did not respond back in time for publication.
On Friday, Whitmer extended the state's stay-at-home order once again until at least June 12, citing that the orders put in place thus far "have been effective."
"The number of new confirmed cases each day is slowly dropping. Although the virus remains aggressive and persistent...the strain on our health care system has begun to relent, even as our testing capacity has increased," Whitmer stated.
Michigan has 53,913 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus and 5,158 deaths attributed to the virus, according to the state's COVID-19 website.
Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan on May 20, 2020. - The group is protesting Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's mandatory closure to curtail the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)
