This week the Michigan Supreme Court ruled 4-3 (4 Democrat nominated Justices, 3 Republican nominated Justices) in favor of Democrat Secretary of State and an election manual created by the Secretary of State’s office. Are contention was that the manual was in violation of Michigan Election law and should have (at a bare minimum) gone through the Michigan Administrative Procedure Act so has to have had public review and comment. This case was considered to be highly controversial because 1) The Michigan Supreme Court validated what is arguably unlawful actions taken by the SOS office; 2) It side-stepped the opportunity for the public to weigh-in on the proposed language within the manual, which changes election laws; and, 3) It was all 4 Justices nominated by the Michigan Democrats who voted en block to support the political actions of the Democrat Secretary of State.
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