The Michigan Constitution Podcast

The Michigan Constitution Podcast


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MI Supreme Court Case Review May 26 – 30, 2025
May 29, 2025

This week we got one case opinion regarding Giorgio Webster v. Dr. Jeffrey Osguthorpe and Summit Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. It’s not the underlying medical malpractice case that gets any attention, it’s the Michigan Court Rule which got a

MI Supreme Court Case Review May 12 – 16, 2025
May 16, 2025

This week the Michigan Supreme Court handed down one Order in the case of the People of the State of Michigan vs. Allen Michael Sherrill. Five out of six justices denied Sherrill’s appeal from the decision made by the Michigan Court of Appeals (COA)

MI Supreme Court Case Review May 5 – 9, 2025
May 09, 2025

This week the Michigan Supreme Court gave us one case to review. It was The People of Michigan v. Clinton, a criminal case was arose from a contract dispute. The holding here is that Larceny By Conversion was not in play when a housing contractor gave a d

MI Supreme Court Case Review April 14 – 18, 2025
April 19, 2025

This week the Michigan Supreme Court gave us two cases to review. Stefanski vs. the Saginaw County 911 deals with the Michigan Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA), and whether or not the old school concept of Common Law could be incorporated into the M

One-Off Podcast #5
March 15, 2025

This time, our one-off podcast will highlight three different administrative law cases. Don’t let the topic bore you, this is actually far more relevant to your day-to-day life than most cases will. That’s because almost every license issued t

MI Court of Claims Rules on Senate v. House
March 04, 2025

As you’ll recall, the Michigan Senate sued the Michigan House of Representatives over nine legislative bills which passed both chambers of the Legislature in December, 2024. However, when the 102nd Legislature failed to present the bills to the Gove

MI Supreme Court Case Review February, 2025
February 28, 2025

It was a relatively quiet February opinion release. There was one opinion released by the Michigan Supreme Court this month, hence only one update to provide you. It has to do with the difference between your local government charging you with a “fe

BREAKING: Michigan Senate sues Michigan House of Representatives
February 11, 2025

A lawsuit has been filed by the Michigan Senate against the Michigan House of Representatives. The lawsuit alleges that the House has failed to fulfill its constitutional duties, pursuant to Article 4, Section 33, by not submitting to the Governor nine (9

MI Supreme Court Case Review 10.28.2024
October 28, 2024

This week only produced one noteworthy court case, but it was a good one! We see a 5-2 mash-up of Democratic and Republican nominated justices both rule in favor of, and against, the Plaintiff in the case of River Crest Catering v. the Director of the Mic

MI Supreme Court Case Review 9.9.2024
September 09, 2024

This week the Michigan Supreme Court gave us three cases which I found quite interesting. They are as follows:Robert J. Kennedy v. MI Secretary of State–This case dealt with what to do when a candidate for office no longer wishes to run for off