In a landmark ruling with far-reaching implications, the Michigan Supreme Court decided Friday that [Democratic] Gov. Gretchen Whitmer violated her constitutional authority by continuing to issue orders to combat COVID-19 without the approval of state lawmakers.
Sounds promising, right?
Ah, but listen to those “state lawmakers,” particularly the Rethuglican ones. They prattle like power-hungry despots grasping after the authority ol’ Gretch stole from them:
“The governor had no right to extend the state of emergency over the Legislature’s objection. Our constitution matters, and this was a big win for our democratic process,” [House Speaker Lee] Chatfield [R-Levering] said.
That’s not as objectionable, except for slandering a republic as a democracy. But then Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey [R-Clarklake] opened his big mouth. He opined that
the ruling ensured “a system of checks and balances” but also warned residents against dropping their guard in defending themselves against the virus.
“This ruling does not alter our collective responsibility to protect ourselves and others by wearing masks, social distancing, and washing our hands,” Shirkey said. “The virus still presents a threat to our health and we must be vigilant in our actions.”
How does that differ from Gretch the Witch? Compare Shirkey’s quote with this drivel from Her Wickedness:
“I will never stop fighting to keep you and your families safe from this deadly virus.”
Such tyrannical hypocrisy reminded James Nellis, who sent me this story, “of something said by the great H.L. Mencken: ‘The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.’”
And Mencken didn’t even witness COVIDCon!
But back to Michigan’s dictators, be they Demoncrats or Rethuglicans. Consider this threat from the latter:
The Legislature stands ready to deliberate in a bipartisan way on pandemic response [sic for “totalitarianism”], Chatfield and Shirkey said.
That “bipartisan … response” boasts a less than stellar record:
Early on in the pandemic, the GOP-led Legislature submitted some suggestions to Whitmer that were eventually adopted within the executive orders
(Ahem: said “orders” closed and bankrupted businesses while imprisoning citizens at home.)
and, since then, lawmakers have passed some laws that supported her executive orders, such as those pertaining to school reopening protocol.
Rethugs doing what they do best: cooperating with and egging on Demonrats.
Most concerning of all,
“Now is the time for bipartisan action to transition from government operating in fear of the virus to government managing life in the presence of the virus,” Shirkey said.
“Managing life.” Do any two words more accurately describe political slavery?
12:02 pm on October 3, 2020
