JonathanTurley
JUNE 29, 2022
In an unanimous 6-0 ruling, the Michigan Supreme Court held that her office committed a fatal and inexplicable error in prosecuting nine officials for the Flint water crisis, including former Gov. Over six years ago, I wrote earlier about misgivings over the prosecutions but Nessel’s office created new challenges for the prosecution.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 8, 2022
Justice Samuel Alito, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch, dissented , calling the independent-state-legislature theory “an exceptionally important and recurring question of constitutional law” and indicating that “further review of the judgment below may be warranted once a petition for a writ of certiorari is filed.”
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JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 15, 2021
The Livingston County (Mich.) Sheriff’s Office is seeking criminal charges against a Howell woman who posted nasty attacks on Twitter to criticize recent public meeting comments by anti-maskers. Kasey Helton seems an entirely unhinged and uncivil person.
Constitutional Law Reporter
APRIL 18, 2023
Facts of the Case Petitioner Miguel Luna Perez (Perez), who is deaf, attended schools in Michigan’s Sturgis Public School District (Sturgis) from ages 9 through 20. The post SCOTUS Sides With Deaf Student in ADA Suit appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.
SCOTUSBlog
AUGUST 29, 2023
Similarly, securities laws have produced a steady diet of cases at the court each year since the adoption of the major securities statutes in 1933 and 1934. The court’s securities law docket ballooned during Powell’s tenure – from approximately 1.5 Two of the nation’s leading securities scholars, A.C.
Constitutional Law Reporter
OCTOBER 4, 2022
In the 2003 decision, the Court held that the University of Michigan Law School’s race-sensitive admissions program was narrowly tailored because the consideration of race was merely one factor in the decision-making process and individualized consideration was given to each applicant. Bollinger , 539 U.S. 306 (2003).
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 25, 2024
Courts in ultra liberal states like Massachusetts and Michigan have ruled against disqualification. That leaves Colorado where, on a court entirely composed of Democratically appointed justices, advocates could only secure a 4-3 ruling with a vigorous dissent.
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