On March 1, 2021, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in
Arthrex v. Smith & Nephew, No. 19-1434, on March 1, 2021, asking whether the appointment of PTAB judges is consistent with the way that “Officers of the United States” are supposed to be appointed under Article II of the Constitution. Argument was scheduled for one hour, but ended up going more than 30 minutes over time, with the Justices asking many pointed questions examining the distinction between “inferior” and principal officers under the Constitution, and how much supervision of an officer is enough to make the officer “inferior.” The reason this matters, it turns out, is that principal officers have to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, whereas “inferior Officers” can be appointed by the heads of cabinet departments, without presidential or Senate involvement which is how PTAB judges are appointed.
CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS QUESTIONED ON RACIAL INJUSTICE IN AN URGENT COURT NOTICE ON ALTERED AND OBSTRUCTED COURT FILINGS FILED BY BLACK POLITICAL PRISONER
LANSING – Long-simmering tensions within the Michigan Republican Party exploded into accusations and recriminations Thursday morning, two days before the state party convention.
Michigan Republican Party Chair Laura Cox, who was scheduled to step down at the convention Saturday, is calling on members to instead reelect her on a temporary basis, accusing her proposed successor, Ron Weiser, of making improper payments to keep a candidate out of a party race in 2018, when Weiser earlier served as chairman.
Cox made the accusations against Weiser, who is a U-M regent, in a Thursday morning email, saying she in good conscience cannot sit quietly and watch Weiser be elected when he cannot and should not be the Republican Party chair because of a secret deal she says he orchestrated with party funds.
Michigan GOP chair Laura Cox accuses proposed successor of secret deal with party funds Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press
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LANSING – Long-simmering tensions within the Michigan Republican Party exploded into accusations and recriminations Thursday morning, two days before the state party convention.
Michigan Republican Party Chair Laura Cox, who was scheduled to step down at the convention Saturday, is calling on members to instead reelect her on a temporary basis, accusing her proposed successor, Ron Weiser, of making improper payments to keep a candidate out of a party race in 2018, when Weiser earlier served as chairman.