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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBlind judge making history on Michigan's top court
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_27218147/blind-judge-making-history-michigans-top-courtDETROIT (AP) Richard Bernstein officially joins the Michigan Supreme Court in a few days. But he's been working off the clock since November, preparing for 10 cases in an extraordinary way memorizing the key points of every brief read to him by an aide.
Bernstein, 41, has been blind since birth. After winning the election, an assistant at his family's Detroit-area law firm began reading briefs to him for mid-January arguments, including a medical marijuana case and a labor dispute covering thousands of state employees.
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Bernstein is widely known in southeastern Michigan because his family's personal-injury law firm regularly advertises on TV. He spent more than $1.8 million of his own money to campaign for the state Supreme Court. His slogan? "Blind Justice."
As one of only two Democrats on the seven-member court, Bernstein is unlikely to crack the court's conservative sway. But he's still expected to make a difference.
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Bernstein, 41, has been blind since birth. After winning the election, an assistant at his family's Detroit-area law firm began reading briefs to him for mid-January arguments, including a medical marijuana case and a labor dispute covering thousands of state employees.
~ snip ~
Bernstein is widely known in southeastern Michigan because his family's personal-injury law firm regularly advertises on TV. He spent more than $1.8 million of his own money to campaign for the state Supreme Court. His slogan? "Blind Justice."
As one of only two Democrats on the seven-member court, Bernstein is unlikely to crack the court's conservative sway. But he's still expected to make a difference.
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While Geoffrey Fieger is widely despised, both professionally and personally, Richard Bernstein seems very well respected. Even an anti-Semitic former co-worker of mine had good things to say about him.
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FrodosPet
Dec 2014
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Omaha Steve
(99,708 posts)1. Beat me to the post!
K&R!
longship
(40,416 posts)2. I happily voted for Bernstein.
I felt strongly that he would win a seat.
R&
Octafish
(55,745 posts)3. Kick for two good Democrats.
Fieger, for those who don't know, keeps his word
Bigmack
(8,020 posts)4. Somebody has to do the Off Topic thing here....
Remember Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant"?
With the "27 8x10 color pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one ..."?
Blind justice...? Remember..?
Sorry...