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Grand Rapids attorney talks about first four months as justice on the Michigan Supreme Court
and last updated 2021-04-29 22:32:06-04
LANSING, Mich. â For the fourth time in state history, the Michigan Supreme Court has a female majority. One of those women recently sworn in is from right here in West Michigan.
There are seven justices on the Michigan Supreme Court with four of them being women.
I sat down with newly elected Justice Elizabeth Welch from Grand Rapids to get her take on the first four months on the bench and how the coronavirus has impacted their daily lives.
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled last October that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer could no longer use a 1945 emergency powers law to issue pandemic orders, but the group Unlock Michigan is still fighting tooth and nail to have the law taken off the books.