JURIST

MAY 29, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held Thursday that Michigan’s redistricting commission can bar people with political connections from serving on the commission. ” Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson called the decision a “victory for democracy.”

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JURIST

JANUARY 14, 2021

The Attorney General of Michigan brought two charges of criminal neglect Wednesday against former governor Rick Snyder for his role in the Flint water crisis. The charges cite violations of section 750.478 of the Michigan Penal Code. Snyder served as governor of Michigan from 2011 to 2019.

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

The Michigan Supreme Court Tuesday issued an order that denied plaintiff’s leave for appeal in William Bailey v. ” The district court stated that Michigan’s Constitution does not allow for the independent audit that Bailey requested. .” Antrim County. The appellate court affirmed.

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DECEMBER 12, 2020

“Ex-Trump attorney files legal Hail Mary, asks Supreme Court to review Michigan case”: Dave Boucher of The Detroit Free Press has this report. And Craig Mauger of The Detroit News reports that “ Trump supporters want Supreme Court to review another Michigan election case.”

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JURIST

JANUARY 13, 2021

The Michigan State Capitol Commission voted unanimously Monday to ban the open carry of firearms within the state Capitol building in Lansing. This decision was motivated by the January 6 attack on the US Capitol , as well as armed protesters storming the Michigan state Capitol building last April.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, Michigan chapter (CAIR-MI) filed a lawsuit Monday against the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) for making Muslim and Moorish Science women remove their hijabs for mugshots. Photographs of the women without their hijabs are posted on MDOC’s public website. DONATE NOW.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Michigan college student is unable to proceed with a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) lawsuit against two federal officers who tackled him after mistaking him for a fugitive in 2014. He also sued the officers individually under a Bivens action, claiming four violations of his Fourth Amendment rights.

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JURIST

AUGUST 25, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Monday upheld a district court’s decision to uphold a Michigan mask mandate for young children, rejecting the arguments brought by a Catholic school in Lansing, including that the state mask order violated free exercise of religion.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 2, 2022

have banned certain books as a way to prevent the flow of material that they say might incite violence, the Michigan Department of Corrections has banned dictionaries in Spanish and Swahili under claims that books’ contents are a threat to the state’s penitentiaries, reports NPR. As prison systems across the U.S.

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JURIST

JANUARY 27, 2021

One of the men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has agreed to plead guilty, according to a plea agreement Wednesday. Garbin, along with Daniel Harris, Kaleb Franks and Brandon Caserta, were members of the Michigan-based “militia” group Wolverine Watchmen.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The US Supreme Court on Monday lifted an order that would have required Michigan prosecutors to retry a 2007 murder case by May 2021 or release the defendant after state officials cited COVID-19-prompted trial delays. Michigan state prosecutors filed for a stay in December, pending the outcome of a petition for a writ of certiorari.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

“New Supreme Court filing includes blatantly wrong information about Michigan”: Dave Boucher of The Detroit Free Press has a report that begins, “A longshot legal effort relying on conspiracy theories and inaccurate analyses to argue President Donald Trump actually won Michigan included additional blatantly false information in a (..)

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JURIST

JUNE 11, 2022

A Grand Rapids, Michigan, police officer Friday pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder for fatally shooting a Black immigrant during a traffic stop. He was driving on a revoked license with his blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal limit, and, according to CNN, had three outstanding warrants at the time of the incident.

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MARCH 30, 2021

Heller has been recognized in Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s Hall of Fame Class of 2021. This award recognizes Michigan legal leaders who are over the age of 60, or who have practiced law for 30 years or more, for their successful careers and. Maddin, Hauser, Roth & Heller, P.C., is pleased to announce that Harvey R.

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Law 360

MARCH 6, 2023

Long-standing abortion regulations in Michigan, including a 24-hour waiting period and restricted insurance coverage, may be ripe for legal challenges after voters approved a state constitutional amendment establishing an individual right to reproductive freedom.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The unusual step of charging the parents in relation to the recent Michigan school shooting could ultimately embolden prosecutors to criminalize parents when their kids commit a crime and set a kind of precedent that will hit minority parents the hardest, reports Bloomberg Law News.

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JULY 5, 2022

will conduct a legal review after photographs of shooting range targets with images of Black men on them were taken at the department’s practice area, The Guardian reports. The legal review will analyze that demographic ratio and how the police officers use the targets. A police department in Farmington Hills, Mich.,

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

“The legal awards and honors that our attorneys receive are always nice, but they are more meaningful for what these awards and honors represent,” said Steven Gursten, Michigan Auto Law president.

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DECEMBER 31, 2021

In his ruling, the federal judge suggested that the Michigan State Police officers had sued simply because they didn't like the agency's diversity policies, rather than having the right legal basis for a case.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

US voters in California, Michigan, Kentucky and Vermont Tuesday voted in favor of abortion rights in four state ballot measures. Abortion is legal in California, and Governor Gavin Newsom, who won reelection on Tuesday, has passed several laws to further protect abortion access in the state. Wade with Dobbs v.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Yesterday, a Michigan judge was the latest to dismiss the effort to prevent voters from being able to vote for Trump. While figures like Harvard Professor Laurence Tribe have assured the public that Trump is clearly disqualified under the theory, it is based on unsustainable historical and legal interpretations in my view.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In recent years, McCormack has become a leading champion of initiatives to enhance access to justice, both within Michigan and nationally. She also secured funding for and chaired the Michigan Judicial Council, which has issued a comprehensive strategic plan for the state judiciary.

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JULY 8, 2022

North Country Community Mental Health, which provides services to residents of six Michigan counties, has released the Charlevoix County First Responder’s Guide for Behavioral Interventions, a local interagency agreement to prevent the unnecessary incarceration of people with mental illness, reports the Petosky News-Review.

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MAY 4, 2022

“Overturning Roe Opens Door for Long-Dormant State Abortion Bans; Michigan’s law was passed in 1846, Virginia’s in 1848; States could face years of legal fights if Roe is overruled”: David Welch and Francesca Maglione of Bloomberg News have this report.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2021

A school in an affluent Michigan suburb is hit with a racial discrimination lawsuit.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In November 2020, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer revoked the easement agreement between Enbridge, a Canada-based company, and the state that allowed Enbridge to run its pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac. The case has since been moved to the Western District Court of Michigan, a federal court.

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ABA Journal

MAY 31, 2023

Judge Bridget Mary McCormack, a retired Michigan Supreme Court chief justice, is slated to serve as the next council chair of the ABA’s Section of…

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

“Supreme Court Rejects Texas Suit Seeking to Subvert Election; The suit, filed directly in the Supreme Court, sought to bar Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin from casting their electoral votes for Joseph R. ” Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. ” David G. ” David G.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Six years ago, I wrote a column questioning charges in the Flint Michigan lead tainted water case as having more of a political than legal basis. Now, the state of Michigan will have to pay $300,000 to settle wrongful discharge claims by Liane Shekter Smith, the only employee who was fired as a result of the controversy.

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LawTechnologyToday

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The Legal Technology Resource Center ’s Women of Legal Tech initiative is intended to encourage diversity and celebrate women in legal technology. Copyright Office, and as an Adjunct Professor of Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing at Georgetown Law. How did you become involved in legal tech?

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JANUARY 18, 2018

Lansing, MI – On January 16, the State Bar of Michigan in conjunction with Legal Talk Network released their new podcast, On Balance. Janet Welch, executive director of the State Bar of Michigan, said of the podcast, “I thought this was a terrific new way to deliver really meaningful content to our members.

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JURIST

JANUARY 5, 2024

Legal Director at Free Speech For People Ron Fein said: Donald Trump violated his oath of office and incited a violent insurrection that attacked the US Capitol, threatened the assassination of the Vice President and congressional leaders, and disrupted the peaceful transfer of power for the first time in our nation’s history.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The states of Georgia , Michigan , Pennsylvania and Wisconsin filed separate briefs on Thursday urging the US Supreme Court to reject Texas’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. Your gift of $50, $100, $200 or $500 will help JURIST to keep its legal news and commentary free and accessible to a worldwide public.

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JURIST

JULY 17, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rejected Thursday a challenge to the mandatory membership requirements imposed by the State Bar of Michigan. Lucille Taylor, a lawyer from Michigan, challenged the state bar membership mandate on the grounds that it violates her freedom of association.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

NRE is a project of the Newkirk Center for Science and Society at the University of California, Irvine, University of Michigan Law School and Michigan State University College of Law and was founded in 2012 in conjunction with the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 25, 2021

We previously discussed the controversial threats of Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) against those who were raising electoral fraud allegations. Pavlos-Hackney became a national hero for some in defying the Michigan health orders and what followed were a series of citations and contempt orders. Michigan AG Dana Nessel.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

This month, the Coolidge Reagan Foundation has called upon the Michigan bar to investigate and sanction Rep. Backer insists that Tlaib “clearly violated” the Michigan bar’s ethics code due to her inflammatory remarks. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., over her comments on Gaza and Israel. The group cites Mich. Prof’l Cond.

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