The Michigan Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether it should take up an appeal in a lawsuit between the state Senate and House of Representatives.
The case began last year when the House refused to forward nine Legislature-passed bills from the just-ended term to the governor—prompting the Senate to sue.
The trial court ruled the bills should have gone to the governor. But it refused to require the House to pass them along.
Then, the Court of Appeals found that decision was wrong and sent the matter back to the lower court—with directions to order the House to forward the bills after all.
Now, the Supreme Court is setting a May date for the House and Senate to persuade whether it should hear out the lawsuit.
The Republican-led House says it’s a win for the House and separation of powers.
The Democratic-run Senate—which opposes the appeal—says it looks forward to “having an audience with the Supreme Court.”
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