Michigan Supreme Court

State Senate Democrats demanded floor time Thursday to chastise Republicans for refusing to allow a vote on any bill to reverse or amend Michigan’s dormant ban on abortion. We have more from Rick Pluta.

The Michigan Legislature’s Republican leaders say they want to step in to defend the state’s dormant abortion ban if Attorney General Dana Nessel won’t. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig has been dealt a setback in his lawsuit to join the Republican gubernatorial primary ballot. Colin Jackson has more.

The Michigan Court of Appeals has rejected two Republican candidates’ requests to have their names put on the August gubernatorial primary ballot. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Three Republicans have now filed legal challenges to a decision that kept them off the August gubernatorial primary ballot. That’s after Michael Markey filed his case Monday with the Michigan Court of Appeals. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer said Tuesday she’s still hopeful the Michigan Supreme Court will quickly take up her legal challenge to the state’s dormant abortion law that would re-criminalize the procedure if the Roe v. Wade decision is reversed. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said Tuesday that she won’t prosecute abortion cases if Roe versus Wade is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court – but she acknowledged that she cannot stop local prosecutors from enforcing a long-dormant state abortion ban. We have more from Rick Pluta.

An attorney says he will take up the case opposing Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s challenge to Michigan’s dormant statutory abortion ban. As Rick Pluta reports, that ban would likely take effect if the US Supreme Court overturns the Roe versus Wade decision.

The August state primary ballot will start to take shape this week with Tuesday’s deadline for candidates for governor, the Legislature and other elected offices to file petition signatures with the Michigan Bureau of Elections. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging Michigan’s dormant ban on abortion. The 91-year-old law was overruled by the 1973 Roe versus Wade US Supreme Court ruling. But that would change if the court strikes down the landmark decision. We have more from Rick Pluta.