Insider Intelligence

This week, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette charged two former State of Michigan Emergency Managers, Darnell Earley and Gerald Ambrose, with multiple twenty-year felonies for their alleged failure to protect the citizens of Flint from health hazards caused by contaminated drinking water.  Additionally, Attorney General Schuette announced that Mr. Earley and Mr. Ambrose, along with […]

This week, Attorney General Bill Schuette, named Matthew Schneider as Chief Deputy Attorney General.  Mr. Schneider will take over the role from the current Chief Deputy, Carol Isaacs, who is retiring at the end of December. Mr. Schneider has served as Chief Legal Counsel for Attorney General Schuette since 2013.  He is a former Assistant […]

This week, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Carol Isaacs, announced she will retire effective December 31.  Ms. Isaacs has served in her current role under both Attorney General Bill Schuette and his predecessor, former Attorney General Mike Cox.  Prior to her tenure in the Attorney General’s office, she served as senior deputy director of policy and […]

On Wednesday, Attorney General Bill Schuette issued an official legal opinion clarifying state law regarding the potential closure of underachieving schools in Detroit.  The opinion states that under current law, schools operated by the Detroit Public School Community District are subject to closure before the end of the current school year if they are amongst […]

On Thursday, the Michigan Human Trafficking Commission held their 2016 Fall Conference in Ann Arbor.  The conference was held in partnership with the State Court Administrative Office, the Michigan Attorney General, and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.  The conference brought together judicial staff, protective service workers, prosecutors, attorney guardians ad litem, defense […]

Despite several legal attempts by Attorney General Bill Schuette to keep in place the law banning straight-ticket voting, it will remain in Michigan.  After Governor Rick Snyder signed the bill into law, a lawsuit was filed on the basis it disproportionately would harm minority voters, who tend to vote straight-ticket at higher rates.  A United […]

Last week, Attorney General Bill Schuette filed a motion with the 6th U.S. District Court of Appeals asking them to stay or vacate the U.S. District Court’s ruling against the state’s ban on straight-ticket voting (see prior article).  This week, the three Judges on the Appeals Court unanimously denied the motion seeking to keep in […]

This week, Attorney General Bill Schuette, filed a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals regarding the state’s attempt to ban on straight-ticket voting.  Originally approved by the legislature and signed by Governor Rick Snyder, the ban on straight-ticket voting was halted by a U.S. District Court Judge last month (see prior article).  In his […]