Appeals court rejects House, Senate bid to overturn Michigan abortion ban injunction

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Source: Detroit News

The Michigan Court of Appeal on Wednesday declined to take up an appeal from the Michigan House and Senate requesting a three-judge panel overturn a lower court preliminary injunction that's stopping the enforcement of the state's abortion ban.

The judges denied the GOP-led Legislature's appeal because it wasn't persuaded that the issue needed an immediate appellate review, according to a brief order issued Wednesday.

The Legislature asked the Court of Appeals to weigh in on the matter July 6, after Court of Claims Judge Elizabeth Gleicher rejected lawmakers' request that she reverse the May preliminary injunction she issued stopping enforcement of the state's abortion law.

The House and Senate argued in their filing to the Court of Appeals that Gleicher lacked jurisdiction to issue the preliminary injunction and that she'd incorrectly ruled Planned Parenthood of Michigan was likely to succeed on its argument that Michigan's constitution contained a right to abortion.

Read more: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/08/24/appeals-court-rejects-house-senate-bid-overturn-abortion-ban-injunction/7886324001/

[JohnnyRingo]

1. OK....

So is she stopping Republicans from stopping abortions, or is she stopping the choice people from stopping the republicans from stopping abortions?

My head spins sometimes.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

2. Your first choice.

She's refusing to vacate the first injunction stopping the state from enforcing the 1931 law.
This is a good thing.

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3. The former, lol.

It is mind-numbing sometimes. But the bottom line is that abortions are still legal in Michigan. It looks like codifying the right to an abortion in the State Constitution is going on the ballot in November, at which time will likely pass by a wide margin if the polls are accurate.

[llmart]

4. +1000

That's how I read the tea leaves also. We're going to win this one in November and Gretchen's going to win also.

[JohnnyRingo]

5. Yeah. The last thing these people want is to vote on it.

That's why they went through the courts instead of the ballot box.

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7. We worked like hell to get enough signatures to put it on the ballot in November, In fact,

a record number of people signed the petition that's now in front of the board of Canvassers for validation. The anti folks are having a hissy fit and are saying the petition should be invalidated because of "spelling errors." Bunch of goddamned whiners who want to force their theocratic beliefs on the rest of us.

FYI

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2022/07/11/abortion-rights-petition-drive-sets-record-in-michigan-what-we-know/

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. HAVEWEGOTTENARULINGONTHESPACINGISSUEINTHEPROPOSALLANGUAGE?

Article 1 of the proposal is all caps, with no apparent spacing between words. The rest of the proposal is normal, mixed-case, with spaces between words.

I hope that little glitch doesn't stop the proposal from getting on the ballot. But, I wonder who was in charge of proofreading the thing. THEYFUCKECUPBIGTIMERISKINGEVERYTHING.

It will pass by a wide margin IF it is allowed on the ballot.

[Lulu KC]

8. THANK YOU!

I felt so alone!