LANSING — A justice made her public debut Wednesday as the Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments in five cases.Election victories by Elizabeth Welch and Chief Justice Bridget McCormack gave Democratic nominees a majority on the seven-member court for the first time since 2010. They campaigned as a team."We are all eager to have her contributions to our work," McCormack said at the start of the day.Because of coronavirus restrictions, the Supreme Court still is hearing cases by video
Jan 7, 2021
LANSING (AP) A new justice made her public debut Wednesday as the Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments in five cases.
Election victories by Elizabeth Welch and Chief Justice Bridget McCormack gave Democratic nominees a majority on the seven-member court for the first time since 2010.
They campaigned as a team.
“We are all eager to have her contributions to our work,” McCormack said at the start of the day.
Because of coronavirus restrictions, the Supreme Court still is hearing cases by video conference and not in its Lansing courtroom.
Welch, a Grand Rapids-area lawyer, took the seat of Stephen Markman, 71, a conservative justice who served for 21 years but couldn’t seek re-election because of age limits.
From the Associated Press A new justice made her public debut as the Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments in five cases Wednesday. Election victories by
No win but some support for man challenging life term
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SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) The Michigan Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from a man imprisoned for 35 years who is challenging mandatory life sentences for people who were 18 at the time of a murder.
Life sentences with no chance for parole are no longer mandatory for teenagers who were under 18 when the crime occurred. Robin Manning believes people like himself who were 18 should also benefit from a change in the law.
The state Supreme Court on Monday rejected Manning’s case on procedural grounds, 4-3. But it’s possible that the addition of a new Democratic justice, Elizabeth Welch, could change the outcome if his case or a similar one is filed in the future.
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LANSING The Michigan Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision, denied requests from two voters who backed President Donald Trump and sought an election audit and other actions to address alleged fraud related to absentee ballots.
Angelic Johnson and Linda Lee Tarver, both members of Black Voices for Trump, petitioned the state Supreme Court directly on Nov. 26. They sought a range of court actions, in addition to an audit, including: a declaration that Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson had violated their constitutional rights; seizure of ballots, ballot boxes and poll books; appointment of a special master or legislative committee to investigate claims of fraud related to the counting of absentee ballots at the TCF Center in Detroit, and an injunction preventing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from certi