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Michigan Supreme Court strikes down governor's virus orders

by Associated Press
| October 2, 2020 2:27 PM

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday struck down months of orders by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that were aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus, saying she drew authority from a 1945 law that is unconstitutional.

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