In a pivotal case pending in the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 11 Michigan state legislators argue that they have individual standing to sue Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and top election officials over what they regard as unconstitutionally usurping the state Legislature’s power to regulate the administration of federal elections.
The suit was prompted by citizen initiatives in 2018 and 2022 that passed by wide margins and made numerous, significant changes in the conduct of federal elections in Michigan.
The 11 appellants, all Republicans, contend that they, as individual legislators, have been illegally deprived of their right to vote on the regulations and that Whitmer, a Democrat, and her co-defendants failed to protect those rights….