Posts tagged court

• Are State Supreme Court Justices In Big Businesses’ Back Pockets?

  David Mittleman | October 17, 2008 8:51 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  It is that time of the year again, election time. While the country is concentrating on the race for the White House, there is an important election for a Michigan Supreme Court justice. Here in...

• Promote Judge Diane Hathaway to the Michigan Supreme Court

  David Mittleman | October 14, 2008 9:05 AM | 7 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The most important state-election vote you cast on November 4 is to defeat Cliff Taylor and put Judge Diane Marie Hathaway on the Michigan Supreme Court! Taylor has ruled against middle-class...

• Justice Plummets When Cliff Taylor Junkets

  Devon Glass | October 06, 2008 10:39 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  When it comes to back room politics, no one plays the game better than Cliff Taylor, Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, who is up for re-election. While ignoring the law to reach...

• Pharmaceutical Companies Hiding Behind Federal Preemption

  David Mittleman | September 24, 2008 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Diana Levine, a 62-year old woman who suffered from migraines, took prescription drugs Demerol and Phenergan to cope with associated pain and nausea. While the drugs are both FDA approved when...

• In the Michigan Supreme Court Race This November - Vote All The Way, Vote Hathaway

  David Mittleman | September 09, 2008 4:51 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  It'sofficial, Wayne CountyCircuit Court Judge DianeMarie Hathaway has been nominated to run against incumbent ChiefJudge CliffTaylor for the MichiganSupreme Court. Among lawyers she is the clear...

• Why Are Business Groups Funding High-Stakes State Court Elections?

  David Mittleman | August 26, 2008 8:34 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  They don't want to be accountable to people and that is wrong. State courts across the country are caught in a high-stakes, high-priced fight between corporations, insurance companies...

• Broken FDA Charged With Protecting America From Dangerous Drugs and Medical Devices

  Devon Glass | July 08, 2008 5:12 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  How many of you remember George W. Bush saying, while campaigning for the 2000 election, he was going to usher in an era of personal responsibility? How many of you believe personal...

• Reform Michigan Government Now Ballot Proposal - Will It Help?

  David Mittleman | July 08, 2008 9:12 AM | 6 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Well, it couldn't hurt, according to a former Democratic House Leader and spokeswoman for Reform Michigan Government Now. Dianne Byrum was quoted in the Lansing State Journal as saying "This...

• Marietta Robinson: The Next Michigan Supreme Court Justice?

  David Mittleman | June 24, 2008 11:27 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  According to a recent Michigan Lawyers Weekly poll, Detroit attorney Marietta Robinson would easily win this falls election for a seat on Michigan's Supreme Court. The poll was conducted...

• Chief Justice Cliff Taylor, Michigan Supreme Court, Rewrite Law Against Interests of Michigan Citizens

  David Mittleman | May 30, 2008 10:32 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On April 25, 2008, the Michigan Supreme Court issued its opinion in Estate of Chantell Buckner v. City of Lansing. In it, Chief Justice Clifford Taylor and his conservative "Gang of Four" apply an astonishing brand of...