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.
In a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case, Michigan Supreme Court Justices Robert Young Jr. and Maura Corrigan argued against rules to disqualify judges from hearing cases involving major contributors their election campaigns.
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 [...]
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 [...]
In the first test of new recusal rules put in place by the Michigan Supreme Court, the four more liberal and moderate justices denied a request by Geoffrey Feiger to force the court’s three most conservative to disqualify themselves in a case where he was representing a client because of his vitriolic battles in the [...]
A sharply divided Michigan Supreme Court voted 4-3 to adopt new recusal rules for justices in cases where they may have an ethical conflict of interest. The changes were prompted by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that found a violation of rights for parties before a state supreme court when one of the justices has [...]
After a six month period in which interested parties could submit position papers on proposed new rules governing when state judges must recuse themselves in a case, the Michigan Supreme Court held a hearing for public comment on the rules on Wednesday. And then they put off a final vote on which version of the [...]
Chief Justice Marilyn Kelly of the Michigan Supreme Court released a statement reacting to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Caperton v Massey. The Chief Justice praised the ruling and said that it will be helpful to the Michigan Supreme Court as they consider new rules governing when a judge must disqualify themselves from hearing [...]
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