Political News and Commentary with the Right Perspective. NAVIGATION
  • Front Page
  • News
  • Multimedia
  • Tags
  • RSS Feed


  • Advertise on RightMichigan.com


    NEWS TIPS!

    Get the RightMighigan.com toolbar!


    RightMichigan.com

    Buzz

    Who are the NERD fund donors Mr Snyder?

    Raise the curtain.

    Display: Sort:
    Recall of Judges (none / 0) (#7)
    by Kevin Rex Heine on Tue Jul 28, 2009 at 10:16:53 AM EST
    Sorry, Jason, that's a no-go.  Article 2, Section 8 of the Michigan Constitution is very clear on this point:

    Laws shall be enacted to provide for the recall of all elective officers, except judges of courts of record, upon petition of electors equal in number to 25 percent of the number of persons voting in the last preceding election for the office of governor in the electoral district of the officer sought to be recalled.  The sufficiency of any statement of reasons or grounds procedurally required shall be a political rather than a judicial question.

    While the state electorate can directly recall any other elected official, judges are immune from such a threat.  And as much as it annoys us, there is good reason for this.

    What we're going to have to do is pray that Justice Hathaway either does something to create sufficient grounds for impeachment (in which case the House of Representatives can introduce Articles of Impeachment consistent with Article 11, Section 7), or alternately we can pray that she does something that would expose her to removal under Article 6, Section 25:

    For reasonable cause, which is not sufficient ground for impeachment, the governor shall remove any judge on a concurrent resolution of two-thirds of the members elected to and serving in each house of the legislature.  The cause for removal shall be stated at length in the resolution.

    You may recall that I wrote, back on November 11th, 2008, that we need to publicly and loudly point the finger right at Diane Hathaway and her big-spending sugar-daddy (read: Jon Stryker) every time SCOMI screws up a decision.  Let's get busy taking a stand on this one.

    Display: Sort:

    Login

    Make a new account

    Username:
    Password:
    Tweet along with RightMichigan by
    following us on Twitter HERE!
    create account | faq | search