michigan supreme court

This year, Michigan voters will elect justices to serve on the Michigan Supreme Court. Two of the seven seats are on the ballot. They'll go to the candidates with the two highest vote totals. This week on Morning Edition, we're featuring interviews with each of the five candidates running for the court.

The Michigan Supreme Court will consider changing its rules on how much evidence information is visible to defendants and the use of restraints on defendants in Michigan courts.

A paperwork error regarding party affiliation is enough to keep a political candidate off the ballot. That decision was released Thursday by the Michigan Supreme Court.

A group of Republicans has stepped forward in support of Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and Tudor Dixon's campaign slowly picks up speed.

The Chief Justice of Michigan’s State Supreme Court recently announced that she'll be stepping down at the end of this year, six years before the end of her term.

Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack's is retiring. We talked about her legacy on the court. Plus, conversations with award-winning photojournalist Steve Jessmore and author Paula Yoo.

Bridget McCormack, chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, says she will quit by the end of the year.

The Michigan Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for three men convicted of murder in 2009. That’s after a Freedom of Information Act request revealed a transcript of a police interview with a key witness was never turned over to the defense.

The challenges claim that allowing judges to assess court costs creates an automatic incentive to find defendants guilty. That’s because courts don’t get to assess costs when a defendant is found innocent.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is waiting to find out whether the Michigan Supreme Court will hear her challenge to Michigan's dormant abortion law that would take effect if Roe v. Wade is overturned.