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It’s already beginning …
We’re still 18 months away from the next time we select Michigan Supreme Court justices but a quick visit to the Michigan Democratic Party’s Web site might convince you that Election Day was just...
View ArticleGOP weather report: A bit chilly for MSC’s Weaver
The weather was a mixed bag over the weekend on Mackinac Island, according to Misty, an employee at the Mackinaw City dock of Shepler’s Ferry, which did a swinging business shuttling politicos to and...
View ArticleMSC denies drug defendant’s appeal on 3-3 vote, Corrigan may testify for...
The Michigan Supreme Court, on a 3-3 vote, has let stand the conviction of Alexander Aceval, the Inkster bar owner who pleaded guilty in a second criminal drug prosecution after his first conviction...
View ArticleNew disqualification rule will make justices more accountable
The Detroit Free Press editorial stance on justice disqualificaiton: For 175 years, it has been up to each justice on the Michigan Supreme Court to decide when he or she should be disqualified from...
View ArticleDisqualification motion denied
Fears that “the appearance of impropriety” standard may be too low and too subjective might be put to rest, with the release of the first ruling in a Michigan Supreme Court disqualification motion....
View ArticleMSC’s Weaver stumps for judicial election reform
Michigan Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Weaver is touting a five-point plan to reform the judicial election/selection process, according to Cathy Nelson Price, reporting in The Midland Daily News....
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MSC denies leave in child-abuse reporting case
On a 4-3 vote, the Michigan Supreme Court has upheld a Court of Appeals decision that held a hospital could be held vicariously liable for two doctors who may have breached a statutory duty to report...
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It was only a matter of time before Weaver/Young bickering resumed
“You’ve got plenty of material,” Weaver says near the end of this story. But something tells us there’s still more to come. LANSING (AP) – A Michigan Supreme Court justice running for re-election...
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Krause appointed to COA
Gov. Jennifer Granholm has appointed 54-A District Court Judge Amy Krause to the Michigan Court of Appeals. Krause fills the open seat created when COA Judge Alton T. Davis was appointed to the...
View ArticleWeaver proposes fix for MSC partisanship
Responding to a recent Lansing State Journal editorial, see MSC: ‘throroughly politicized’, former MSC Justice Elizabeth Weaver took to the LSJ’s editorial page this morning, touting a six-point plan...
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