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.
When the Michigan Supreme Court developed and voted on a new set of procedures to determine whether a justice should have to recuse themselves from hearing a case due to a conflict of interest or potential bias, Justices Robert Young and Maura Corrigan voted against the new procedures. Now it seems they’re refusing to take part in them as well, as AP reports:
Democratic Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Marilyn Kelly has rebuked two Republican colleagues for not participating in a proceeding to determine whether individual justices should be disqualified from hearing the appeal of a civil case.
In an order released Wednesday, Kelly said it sets a “disturbing precedent” that Justices Maura Corrigan and Robert Young Jr. didn’t take part.
Corrigan and Young refused to participate, saying the amended state court rule regarding justice disqualification is unconstitutional.
Chief Justice Kelly is right, this is a disturbing precedent. Whether they’re opposed to the rules or not, they lost the vote and those are now the official court procedures for handling recusal requests. Unfortunately, there is very little the chief justice can do to force their participation.
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