[Dan from Michigan]

Time for a new tagline. Michigan's Supreme Court overturned the old Poletown decision where a bunch of homes in a good area of Detroit were razed for an autoplant(that's no longer there).

SCOTUS needs some intelligence there, and Markman, Taylor, Young, or Corrigan will help.

[roses of sharon]

Dan, I heard on WJR today a UofM Prof say that the Michigan constitution protects us from this ruling today?

Is that true, what do you know?

Thanks.

[sergeantdave]

The reversal of the Poletown decision by the Michigan SC is an excellent read in judicial restraint and fealty to the Michigan constitution.

Here's a piece of it -

“We overrule Poletown,” the Court wrote, “in order to vindicate our constitution, protect the people’s property rights and preserve the legitimacy of the judicial branch as the expositor, not creator, of fundamental law.”

If you want to read about a court that respects private property and a state constitution, this is it.