When Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer tried to extend her state’s shelter-in-place order until the end of June, the Republican-controlled legislature rejected her request and put its foot down. It must do so again in the wake of Whitmer’s retaliatory executive order, which needlessly restricts the rights of Michiganders.

Thousands of Michiganders have already made it clear that Whitmer overstepped her bounds last week when she tightened the state’s social distancing restrictions. These prohibit travel to and from other homes and the sale of gardening supplies, along with a host of other goods now considered “nonessential.” Whitmer appears to care very little about citizens’ concerns and has thus far refused to rethink or revise her latest guidelines.