Michigan Supreme Court A Disaster

The trusty getto blog has a great post on the WSJ article declaring the Michigan Supreme Court the greatest in the land.  Here is what the blog author has to say ...

When we talk about the ole pendulum swinging back and forth, the MI Supreme Court's pendulum has broken out of the clock tower, and is stuck as high as it will go to the right. The conservative right, that is. The Court has been a disaster for the citizens of the State of Michigan, and it has been all but a license to print money for the insurance industry and big business.

In other words, the court has become a political instrument for the conservative right.  The author is right (or maybe left) that real people have a hard time finding any sense of justice or fairness in our Michigan appellate system. Unfortunately, real people only find this out after it is too late.  When they do have a problem which requires court involvement, and they find the courthouse doors locked and the insurance companies holding the keys.  Many times, these real people are conservatives who are dumbfounded that they have done this to themselves, without realizing it along the way.

Comments

[trusty getto]

Why, thank you for the quote.

I spent my day today at an MTLA seminar where we studied how not to run afoul of the MI Supreme Court's fondness for form over substance. In discussing SOL's vs. savings periods (who knew?), the infamous Apsey case and the finer points of obtaining "special" certifications for out-of-state notaries, I learned more than I ever thought possible, such as what a "jurat" is, and why an out-of-state judge cannot certify a notary's signature, but his clerk can.

I'm looking forward to what the Court will have to say if it accepts leave on Apsey.

I'm also keeping my options open, what with my recent admission to the Colorado bar ;^)

[Tom Bleakley]

Another great posting. Lawyers and lay people alike need to be constantly reminded of what this court is doing in the name of pseudoconservatism. Neocon is just another way of saying that big business always wins.