No. 22-586

Kimberly Beemer, et al. v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-12-27
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-challenge covid-19-restrictions due-process emergency-powers free-speech fundamental-rights judicial-review mootness standing voluntary-cessation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2023-02-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is this constitutional challenge to the Michigan Governor's emergency restrictions that directly infringed fundamental rights moot when the restrictions are capable of repetition yet so short in duration that they evade review and the Governor voluntary ceased the allegedly unlawful action while this lawsuit was pending?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The COVID-19 pandemic was as much a constitutional crisis as it was a public health crisis. For years, American citizens, specifically including Michigan residents, were subject to constantly changing orders that imposed extreme burdens on fundamental freedoms in a way that our nation has never experienced in its history. The cost of these burdens is incalculable. Unfortunately, many courts did nothing, abdicating their duty to say what the law is and allowing this frontal assault on liberty to proceed largely unchecked. 1. Is this constitutional challenge to the Michigan Governor’s emergency restrictions that directly infringed fundamental rights moot when the restrictions are capable of repetition yet so short in duration that they evade review and the Governor voluntary ceased the allegedly unlawful action while this lawsuit was pending?

Docket Entries

2023-02-27
Petition DENIED.
2023-02-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/24/2023.
2023-01-25
Waiver of right of respondents Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel to respond filed.
2022-12-21

Attorneys

Kimberly Beemer, et al.
Robert Joseph MuiseAmerican Freedom Law Center, Petitioner
Robert Joseph MuiseAmerican Freedom Law Center, Petitioner
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel
Ann Maurine ShermanMichigan Department of Attorney General, Respondent
Ann Maurine ShermanMichigan Department of Attorney General, Respondent