From the Associated Press — The Michigan Supreme Court has postponed arguments over Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s use of emergency powers until September 9. The one-week delay is tied to an illness on Justice Richard Bernstein’s staff. Bernstein, who is blind, says an “indispensable” aide is struggling with COVID-19. Bernstein says he depends on the staff member to help him review thousands of pages of material. A federal judge hearing a dispute over Whitmer’s coronavirus restrictions has asked the Supreme Court for an opinion on her power to renew certain orders related to COVID-19.
