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Judge denies advocacy group s bid to stop COVID-19 rules for student athletes
A judge on Wednesday denied an advocacy group’s request to halt COVID-19 testing for state school athletes and other measures health officials instituted amid the pandemic.
The group Let Them Play Michigan, which this year sued after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer extended a lockdown order on high school sports, filed a lawsuit this month challenging the rapid testing requirements of youths age 13-19 practicing and playing on teams.
The suit questioned the authority to impose the order and subsequent guidance while arguing that “student-athletes have endured unilateral orders enacted by Executive Branch officials that severely restrict their ability to freely associate with one another and compete in high school sports.”
Michigan judge denies injunction to stop testing, quarantining of high school athletes
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DETROIT (FOX 2) - A Michigan judge has rejected a request to stop regular coronavirus testing of high school athletes and other steps ordered by the state health department.
Judge Michael Kelly said Wednesday an injunction isn t appropriate at this stage because a group called Let Them Play Michigan is unlikely to win the case. He made his ruling just one day after hearing arguments from the state and the group.
The group argued that health department orders, especially weekly virus testing, should have gone through a formal rule-making process. But the judge says state law plainly gives authority to the health director to issue emergency orders in response to a pandemic.
A judge on Wednesday rejected a request to stop coronavirus testing of Michigan school athletes and other steps ordered by the state health department.
Judge rejects challenge to masks, coronavirus tests for athletes
Judge rejects challenge to masks, coronavirus tests for athletes
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A judge on Wednesday rejected a request to stop coronavirus testing of Michigan school athletes and other steps ordered by the state health department.
A judge on Wednesday rejected a request to stop coronavirus testing of Michigan school athletes and other steps ordered by the state health department.
An injunction isn t appropriate at this stage because a group called Let Them Play Michigan and its allies are unlikely to win the case, said Judge Michael Kelly of the Court of Claims.