Michigan Supreme Court comes unglued
| What happens when four justices of the Michigan Supreme Court get scared that a colleague is about to reveal embarrassing statements that they have made while deliberating cases? Well, they enter a gag order against their colleagues, that's what. And they enter it with no notice to the public, without the ability for the public or the other branches of government to comment, and without meeting the minimum requirements of due process. They just enter it. You can read all about it here. The Michigan Supreme Court has been an embarrassment to its citizenry before. This is just the latest in a long tenure that has caused and will continue to cause Michiganders to lose faith in their courts. UPDATE: Once the issue of no public notice was raised, the Court belatedly plopped it on an agenda for January 17, to which both Weaver and Kelly have taken exception. |
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Comments on "Michigan Supreme Court comes unglued"
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yellojkt said ... (7:52 PM) :
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Anonymous said ... (4:58 PM) :
post a commentWell, I tried. I refused to vote for Maura Corrigan who, in my opinion should have never been allowed on the bench. But, she's the familiar name, and familiar wins out, because people don't really know much about the MI Supremes.
Sounds like a bunch of kangaroos run the place.
Wow, sounds complicated. Can't say we've had that kind of thing happen in Wisconsin, at least in my memory. Though we did have some justices unhappy about the Chief Justice holding aerobics classes in the courtroom . . .
Best of luck to you, my Michigan colleagues.
Tamara Packard
Madison, WI
(and an old college housemate of Cam's)