An odd sickness has been reported in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and Wisconsin’s
An odd sickness has been reported in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and Wisconsin’s northern counties. People are getting constant headaches and in extreme cases, some are also being treated for water intoxication after drinking too much water after the onset of the headaches. Those afflicted are filling up hospitals, and straining medical facilities in the mostly rural regions. The Governor of Michigan, Robert James Ritchie, commonly known as the singer “Kid Rock”, has ordered a State of Emergency, activating medical teams to be sent from southern Michigan to assist in caring for the afflicted.
The Governor of Wisconsin, Gov. B. Whitford, has declared a State of Emergency as well and asked for help from the federal government. President Dwayne Herbert Camacho has agreed and has sent two Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assistance teams of epidemiologists, doctors, nurses, and aid workers to both Wisconsin and Michigan to help in the emergency and figure out the nature of the illness.
Problems arise when the team for Michigan get to the border of Michigan and Indiana (the Wisconsin team arrives and begins work in Wisconsin).
They are met by Michigan National Guard troops who have orders from the Governor to stop the federal relief workers and send them back to Indiana.
This happens at the same time that Gov. “Kid Rock” Ritchie announces that the cause of the sickness is Canadians and that he is ordering all crossing from Canada to the Upper Peninsula closed, including the Sault St. Marie International Bridge to Ontario.
The Canadian President issues a protest to this closing of the international border, and President Camacho’s spokesperson condemns the illegal actions of Gov. “Rock”, saying the administration will respond appropriately.
Give me a response about the appropriateness of the actions of the Governor of Michigan, Governor of Wisconsin, and President in this scenario with regards to the powers of each, taking into account what we have read about Federalism in the text, discussed in lecture, and anything discussed in the current events section of the course. Who is right? Who is wrong? Tell me why!