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.
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has declared Proposal 2, the 2006 referendum that prohibited “preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin” by public colleges and universities in the state of Michigan, to be unconstitutional.
The Detroit News reports that federal prosecutors added new charges for four of the nine Hutaree members currently charged with seditious conspiracy and various weapons charges. The new charges also deal with possession of illegal weapons, including machine guns. The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral argument on whether to release the five [...]
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed the latest of a long line of lawsuits initiated against a number of justices of the Michigan Supreme Court by Geoffrey Feiger. In a relatively short opinion, the court concluded that the suit, like several others that preceded it, was moot and could not proceed. You can [...]
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a case involving a religious school in Michigan that parochial school teachers who teach predominately secular subjects are not covered by the ministerial exception and therefore federal anti-discrimination law applies to them. You can see the full ruling here (PDF). In the case, EEOC v. Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical [...]
Karyn Risch was passed over multiple times for advancement within the Royal Oak Police Department over several years, always in favor of male candidates with lower evaluation scores under the department’s standards of performance. A federal district court granted summary judgment for the city in a gender discrimination suit brought by Risch, but now a [...]
The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a very interesting ruling today in a lawsuit filed against the United Auto Workers over its alleged failure to provide reasonable accommodation for a union member’s sincerely held religious beliefs. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the union and the appeals court, in [...]
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against the city of Detroit in a case brought by the owners of a topless bar, concluding that zoning restrictions put in place by the city on adult establishments are unconstitutional. You can view the full ruling (PDF) here.
The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled (PDF) that the city of Detroit did not violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment by giving more than $700,000 to several churches downtown to reimburse them for exterior renovations prior to the city’s hosting of the Super Bowl and the NCAA Final Four. The case, [...]
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the convictions of three Mt. Clemens police officers for perjury and obstruction of justice after an incident in which several officers held down and beat a man during a traffic stop and then conspired to cover up the truth about the incident. See full ruling here.
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court ruling in favor of the city of Riverview, Mich. in a lawsuit brought by a former employee of the Riverview Fire Department alleging sexual harassment and a hostile work environment created by the deputy chief of that department. You can read the full ruling [...]
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