Litigation

Tuesday Gavel Grab Briefs

By Peter Hardin

In these other dispatches about fair and impartial courts:

• A commentary in the The Greater Lansing Business Monthly quoted Bert Brandenburg, executive director of the Justice at Stake Campaign, as saying that ?political parties and independent groups hijacked this [Michigan Supreme Court] election, heavily outspending the candidates, and ads on both sides were riddled with questionable claims.? He also said, ?Michigan remains ground zero for negative, costly elections.?

• Justice Maura Corrigan, a conservative jurist on the Michigan Supreme Court, will resign to head the Department of Human Services, the Detroit News reported. Her successor may become the swing vote on a number of issues before the court, which is divided 4-3 between nominees from the Republican and Democratic parties.

• The 14th Amendment doesn’t protect against gender or sexual orientation discrimination, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said in an interview in the California Lawyer, according to a Blog of Legal Times post.

Full post as published by The Gavel on January 04, 2011 (boomark / email).