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.
On Thursday, President Obama formally nominated several new judges to serve for lifetime appointments on the federal bench — including Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Mark A. Goldsmith.
Goldsmith has served as a state judge since 2004, and before that he was a private attorney with the Detroit law firm Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn. He’s also an ex-president of the Eastern Michigan chapter of the Federal Bar Association.
The nomination now moves to the U.S. Senate for that body’s “advice and consent,” and eventual confirmation.
President Obama offered this boilerplate statement regarding Goldsmith and the three other nominees:
“These men and women have had distinguished legal careers and I am honored to ask them to continue their work as judges on the federal bench. They will serve the American people with integrity and an unwavering commitment to justice.”
Goldsmith earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan in 1974, and his law degree from Harvard University in 1977.
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