Court of Claims

The state has not yet filed its reply to the lawsuit

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is suing the state over money set aside for ballparks in Lansing and Utica

The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity is the named defendant

A handful of restrictive abortion laws remain on the books

The Michigan Court of Claims has rejected Robert F. Kennedy Junior’s lawsuit to have his name removed from the state’s presidential ballot. A judge issued the opinion Tuesday

Judge Sima Patel wrote an opinion that declared laws including 24-hour waiting periods and a ban on certain licensed professionals dispensing abortion drugs likely violate the reproductive rights amendment adopted by voters in 2022

The Michigan Court of Claims is fast-tracking a legal challenge to seeking to block former President Donald Trump from appearing on the statewide ballot.

The laws require guns to be secured where unsupervised children can’t access them and require universal background checks. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the new laws last week

Abortion still remains legal in Michigan after the fall of Roe v. Wade because two judges in separate cases have stopped any enforcement

Gleicher called the request “borderline frivolous”