U.S. court: Michigan Legislature 'ignores' constitution in fast-tracking bills
Source: Detroit News
A federal appeals court ruled Friday the Michigan Legislature may have violated the state Constitution when it allowed a now-defunct 2011 state emergency manager law to take immediate effect, calling the procedure used a farce and obvious fiction.
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals panel also instructed a lower court to consider whether the Legislature unlawfully passed a replacement emergency manager law after voters tossed out the previous version of the controversial statute in November.
... Peter Henning, a law professor at Wayne State University, said the courts instruction, which was not directly related to the underlining ruling, could be interpreted as a signal that the law Gov. Rick Snyder used to install an emergency manager in Detroit could be challenged in the citys bankruptcy case.
... Constitutional attorney Richard McLellan, chairman of the Michigan Law Revision Commission, said its very unusual for the federal court to dictate to a state Legislature how to operate.
Read more: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130809/METRO06/308090106/1409/METRO/U-S-court-Michigan-Legislature-ignores-constitution-fast-tracking-bills
AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts).
msongs
(67,193 posts)branford
(4,462 posts)I'm also curious if an appeal is planned to SCOTUS.
on point
(2,506 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)another_liberal
(8,821 posts)A great deal of what has gone on in Michigan since Snyder took office has been, "Very Unusual."
Demeter
(85,373 posts)Wisconsin may be lost, but Michigan will not go down without a fight!
navarth
(5,927 posts)Festivito
(13,452 posts)Oh what a tangled web we we weave...
When with lack of transparency the people we deceive.