Michigan Supreme Court

The Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on whether a statement from a teenager high on LSD can be used to convict him of a sex crime. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Michigan House Republicans are challenging a court ruling that they have to send nine bills adopted by the Legislature in the last session to Governor Gretchen Whitmer to sign or veto. We have more from Rick Pluta.

A Michigan Court of Claims judge has declined to block a new wholesale tax on recreational marijuana from taking effect January 1. Rick Pluta reports.

An animal rights organization has asked the Michigan Supreme Court to hear its case that chimpanzees in an Upper Peninsula zoo deserve constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Two men who pleaded guilty to orchestrating political robocalls using false claims to suppress the vote in Detroit during the 2020 general election were formally sentenced Monday to one year of probation. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Three Washtenaw County families have another place to sit at the table this Thanksgiving. They all finalized adoptions this week. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

A Michigan Court of Claims judge heard arguments Tuesday on whether to pause a new state tax on marijuana before it takes effect on January 1. We have more from Rick Pluta.

A new judicial task force report calls for an overhaul in how Michigan’s local courts are funded. The report says the local jurisdictions rely too much on fines and fees to fund their operations. The report says that is not only unfair, it undermines faith that courts and judges are more interested in dispensing justice than collecting money. We have more from Rick Pluta.

The Michigan Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the state attorney general’s case against insulin-maker Eli Lilly and Company. Colin Jackson has more.

A first-of-its-kind case testing the power of the judicial branch to issue orders to the Legislature on how to conduct business is heading to the Michigan Supreme Court. Rick Pluta has more.