I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
Just prior to last fall’s election we reported on a lawsuit filed in Ohio by the Buckeye Institute against ACORN. Gerry Hebert, one of the leading election law experts in the country, predicted that the lawsuit would end up being dismissed and a magistrate judge has recommended to the federal court precisely that:
A federal judge has recommended the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a conservative group against an organization that promotes voter participation through registration drives.
Magistrate Judge Timothy Black in Cincinnati released the opinion Wednesday in the suit brought by the Buckeye Institute against the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, known as ACORN.
The lawsuit alleged that ACORN’s voter registration drives amounted to organized crime because the group turned in a pattern of fraudulent forms.
In Ohio, as in some other states, such cases are first referred to a magistrate judge, who researches the legal issues and makes recommendations to the presiding federal judge on whether the case should be heard or dismissed. It is rare for their recommendations not to be followed.
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