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Michigan Judge Declares She Will Preside Over Planned Parenthood Case Despite Her Prior Representation and Donations

JonathanTurley

When I was clerking in Louisiana after graduating law school, there was story of a rather notorious local judge asking counsel in a criminal case if he was ready to present the case of the defendant. That law has been treated as dormant given the 1973 decision in Roe v. On the other side is Attorney General Dana Nessel (D-Mich.),

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Biden to create bipartisan commission on Supreme Court reform

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The co-chairs of the commission, which will complete its report within 180 days of its first public meeting, are Bob Bauer, an NYU law professor who served as White House counsel to President Barack Obama, and Cristina Rodríguez, a Yale Law School professor who served as a deputy assistant attorney general during the Obama administration.

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No, Rashida Tlaib Should Not Be Sanctioned by the Michigan Bar

JonathanTurley

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. House of Representatives publicly censured Attorney Tlaib for her statements. Prof’l Cond.

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“Star Chamber Comeback”: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel Loses Flint Water Cases in Spectacular Fashion

JonathanTurley

Attorney General Dana Nessel has lost the Flint case in spectacular fashion this week. In an unanimous 6-0 ruling, the Michigan Supreme Court held that her office committed a fatal and inexplicable error in prosecuting nine officials for the Flint water crisis, including former Gov. juror) to charge them.”

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“A Sad Day”: How the Colorado Disqualification Case is Bringing Back Some Bad Memories for the Supreme Court

JonathanTurley

Colorado and, now, Maine remain outliers after the Michigan Supreme Court rejected another disqualification effort in that state. Chief Justice John Roberts was then a Republican lawyer who helped present Bush’s case to the Florida Supreme Court and advised the Bush campaign on its U.S. A Wisconsin challenge has been denied twice.)

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Michigan Legislators Face Calls For Possible Criminal Charges After Meeting With President Trump On Certification

JonathanTurley

We have been discussing the campaign of The Lincoln Project and others to harass and abuse lawyers who represent the Trump campaign or other parties bringing election challenges. Eliason recently defended the attacks on fellow lawyers who are represented those challenging election results or practices). Imagine if this was U.S.

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Michigan Attorney General Resumes Threats Of Criminal Prosecution Against Those Alleging Voter Fraud

JonathanTurley

We have been discussing the use of the criminal code by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) to threaten people who post videos on alleged voter fraud or legislators who raise such objections in the state. So, raising voting fraud at the board overseeing voting is now a possible basis for prosecution in Michigan.