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

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?