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<p>LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The Michigan Supreme Court has ordered that an abortion-rights initiative appear on the November ballot.</p><p>Thursday’s decision will allow voters to decide whether the right to an abortion will be enshrined in the state constitution.</p><p>Abortion-rights supporters say a vote is necessary to stop a 1931 state law that outlaws abortion from taking effect. The law that would have been triggered by the U.S. Supreme Court decision to reverse Roe v. Wade has been blocked by court battles.</p>

The presentation in Otero County, New Mexico on Wednesday night began with attorney David Clements introducing the professionals who were involved in the audit. IT Expert Jeffrey Lenberg next shared the following points to begin the presentation of his team’s audit of the election machines used in the county. Election security is almost nonexistent. “The systems and the processes that exist are like swiss cheese.” Pro V&V certifies voting machines across the country but does not do a good job. They don’t have the resources to. Wherever they went they received full-fledged resistance when wanting to look at the voting...

Full title: 'Details would turn your stomach': Michigan man is resentenced to 43 years in prison for horrific home invasion of students' house during which a woman was raped  *Michigan man was re-sentenced to 43 years in prison for a home invasion  *Rederick Louis Melton, 24, took part in the invasion and assault of a woman *Five people, including Melton, broke into a home full of college students *They took turns raping an 18-year-old girl and attacking other residents

Marijuana users can be arrested for drugged driving weeks after they toast a joint, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a Jackson County appeal. A veteran prosecutor hailed the ruling as a correct interpretation of the zero-tolerance law that will make enforcement easier. A longtime defense attorney said the high court has opened the floodgates on overreaching government. "This goes to show the Supreme Court does not seem to care about individual rights," Jackson attorney Jerry Engle said. At issue were cases from Jackson and Grand Traverse counties. The local case involved the prosecution of Dennis Kurts for driving...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Weaver will step down in October, giving Gov. Jennifer Granholm her first chance to narrow the court's conservative 5-2 majority. Weaver, a Republican nominee who has increasingly sided with two Democratic justices, announced her resignation Thursday. The 63-year-old from Glen Arbor said one reason she will step down is that she has served 10 years and thinks that's long enough for someone to be on the state's high court. "I intend to put my money where my mouth is and step down in October 2005 after over 10 years on the Supreme...