Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein said he will miss oral arguments next week after choosing to “participate in short-term mental health treatment outside the state.”
Civil forfeiture is meant to hit criminals in the pocketbook. But loopholes allow police to seize vehicles even when no charges result. Many are forced to pay $900 to get their cars back. Authorities collect millions in revenues.
Minimum wage was expected to jump to $13.03 an hour, but a Thursday court ruling blocks the increase. The Michigan Supreme Court will likely settle the issue.
Justice Richard Bernstein’s public attack on a fellow justice for hiring a clerk who once shot at police is a tacit admission that Bernstein doesn’t believe in the very system he is oathbound to defend. More than anyone else, Pete Martel gave me hope that the system was redeemable.
Snyder’s is the latest of eight dismissals in the Flint criminal case, after the Michigan Supreme Court rejected the legal path Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office used to secure indictments.
A two-year legal fight that sparked global conspiracies about voting machines ends as the court rejects a lawsuit from former GOP attorney general candidate Matthew DePerno.
Voters created an independent panel in 2018 to draw fairer lines for state races. Partisans, though, still control the process for counties, and some commissions clearly favor one party.
Bernstein, a Democratic nominee and Republican-nominated Zahra will return to the state’s highest court. Their reelection maintains the 4-3 advantage on the court for justices nominated by the Democratic Party.
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The Michigan Supreme Court upholds Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s guidance to clerks barring poll challengers from bringing phones into absentee counting stations. It’s Republicans’ second court loss involving voting rules in as many days.
With an opening on the state’s highest court, the governor has a golden opportunity to add a justice with a different background than those who currently serve.
Seventh Circuit Court Judge Elizabeth Kelly dropped felony charges against seven former government officials tied to the Flint water crisis on Tuesday.
All five candidates for the Michigan Supreme Court spoke at a Wednesday night forum about what they hope to bring to the state’s highest court. Learn more about an under-the-radar race that carries big consequences for how state laws are interpreted.
Chief Justice Bridget McCormack will step down by year’s end, giving Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer a chance to name her replacement and protect Democrats’ 4-3 edge on court.
