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Commentary: Beware power grab for Michigan court

Dan Pero, former chief of staff to Gov. John Engler, and president of the American Justice Partnership writes in his guest opinion piece in The Detroit News: There’s a discredited practice in po… more →

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Commentary: Beware power grab for Michigan court

Carol Lundberg wrote 3 days ago: Dan Pero, former chief of staff to Gov. John Engler, and president of the American Justice Partnersh … more →

Tags: Judicial Recusal Standards, Dan Pero

Is that change I smell in the air...

litigant1 wrote 4 days ago: Image via Wikipedia The Michigan Supreme Court has adopted, though not published, new recusal rules … more →

Tags: MI Supreme Court, Government, Judicial Branch, Judicial Disqualification, Law, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States

Attorney General Mike Cox: Newest Michigan Politician Taking Some Heat — 1 comment

brokeharvardgrad wrote 1 week ago: Image by stevendepolo via Flickr Ummm, umm, umm, don’t you love the smell of fried political c … more →

Tags: campaign financing, Medical Muck-ups, Michigan, amway, Attorney General, detective, Detroit, Detroit Police department, Dick DeVos

Michigan Supreme Court says that parents of disabled children must have contract with their brain-injured child to get insurance help — 3 comments

brokeharvardgrad wrote 1 week ago: This video was put out in Nov. 2008, detailing the record of the MI Supreme Court in putting busines … more →

Tags: campaign financing, Business, buying Michigan Supreme Court, Government, Judicial Branch, Lawyer, Michigan, Michigan Supreme Court backs insurance companies to the, Michigan Supreme Court biased against the disabled?

Michigan Supreme Court rules on wearing a face veil or hijab in court — 2 comments

brokeharvardgrad wrote 1 week ago: Image via Wikipedia I have been checking out the Michigan Supreme Court lately. Last summer I went t … more →

Tags: campaign financing, Chauvinism Alive Today, campaign funds affect judges rulings, Government, Insanity, Judicial Branch, Law, Marilyn Kelly, Michigan

MSC appoints new chief judges

Ed Wesoloski wrote 2 weeks ago: Judge William B. Murphy has been named as the new chief judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals. The … more →

Tags: Judges, Michigan Court of Appeals, Diane Hathaway, Marilyn Kelly, Michael Cavanagh, Stephen Markman, William B. Murphy

Unconstitutional Michigan Laws: Supreme Court Campaign Funds — 2 comments

brokeharvardgrad wrote 2 weeks ago: Image via Wikipedia Well, I started off this morning with an interesting commentary on one of my ear … more →

Tags: campaign financing, united states, Law, Health Care, campaign finance, Supreme Court of the United States, United States Secretary of State, Constitutionality, followthemoney.org

State justices hear arguments on parental waivers

Carol Lundberg wrote 3 weeks ago: “A rare visit by Michigan’s Supreme Court to hear attorneys argue over parental waivers … more →

Predicting the Future of Justice

goodlawbadlaw wrote 3 weeks ago: Okay, so maybe the title of this post is a little over-reaching. Still, if you define justice as wh … more →

Tags: Conservative, Courts, Defendant, Liberal, Plaintiff, Predictions

Freep Op/Ed on Michigan Supreme Court

Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 1 month ago: From the DFP via How Appealing: Restoring judicial restraint Running roughshod over GOP precedents w … more →

Tags: News, Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Chief Justice Kelly

MSC hears insurance credit-scoring case

Ed Wesoloski wrote 1 month ago: The Associated Press reports that the Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on whether in … more →

Tags: Insurance, consumer law, Linda Watters, Peter Ellsworth, William Chenoweth

MSC denies drug defendant's appeal on 3-3 vote, Corrigan may testify for former judge in related case

Ed Wesoloski wrote 1 month ago: The Michigan Supreme Court, on a 3-3 vote, has let stand the conviction of Alexander Aceval, the Ink … more →

Tags: Criminal Law, Stephen Markman, Michael Cavanagh, Diane Hathaway, Elizabeth Weaver, Maura Corrigan, Robert Young, Marilyn Kelly, Karen Plants

GOP weather report: A bit chilly for MSC's Weaver

Ed Wesoloski wrote 1 month ago: The weather was a mixed bag over the weekend on Mackinac Island, according to Misty, an employee at … more →

Tags: Judges, Elections, Courts, Clifford Taylor, Stephen Markman, Elizabeth Weaver, Maura Corrigan, Robert Young, John Engler

MSC's Weaver moving to state-owned Traverse City office building — 1 comment

Ed Wesoloski wrote 1 month ago: Michigan Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth A. Weaver will be relocating her Traverse City office from … more →

Tags: Marilyn Kelly, Elizabeth A. Weaver

MSC: Walking the campaign contribution high wire

Ed Wesoloski wrote 2 months ago: Associated Press reporter David Eggert writes that “Michigan Supreme Court justices face a tri … more →

Tags: Professional Responsibility, campaign finance, Court Rules

Michigan Court Improvement Program Publishes ICWA Resource Guide for Mich. Judges and Practitioners

Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 2 months ago: From the CIP website: Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Committee Child Welfare Services staff liaison … more →

Tags: Michigan Indian, Research, Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Michigan Court Improvement Program, Indian Child Wefare Act