AT THE CAPITOL

Executive Budget for the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission for the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year

POSITION: Support. (Position adopted by roll-call vote. Commissioners voting in support: Anderson, Bryant, Burrell, Christenson, Clay, Cripps-Serra, Detzler, Easterly, Evans, Hamameh, Howlett, Larsen, Lerner, Low, Mansoor, Mantese, Mason, McGill, Murray, Newman, Nyamfukudza, Ohanesian, Perkins, Potts, Quick, Reiser, Simmons, VanDyk, Walton, Washington; Commissioners abstaining: Gant.)

Executive Budget for the Department of the Judiciary for the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year

POSITION: Support. (Position adopted by roll-call vote. Commissioners voting in support: Anderson, Bryant, Burrell, Christenson, Clay, Cripps-Serra, Detzler, Easterly, Evans, Hamameh, Howlett, Larsen, Lerner, Low, Mansoor, Mantese, Mason, McGill, Murray, Newman, Nyamfukudza, Ohanesian, Perkins, Potts, Quick, Reiser, VanDyk, Walton, Washington; Commissioners abstaining: Gant, Simmons.)

IN THE HALL OF JUSTICE

Proposed Amendments of Rules 2.508 and 4.002 of the Michigan Court Rules (ADM File No. 2022-42) – Jury Trial of Right; Transfer of Actions from District Court to Circuit Court (See Michigan Bar Journal February 2024, p 56).
STATUS: Comment period expires April 1, 2024; Public hearing to be scheduled.

POSITION: Support.

Proposed Amendment of Canon 7 of the Michigan Code of Judicial Conduct (ADM File No. 2022-54) – A Judge or a Candidate for Judicial Office Should Refrain from Political Activity Inappropriate to Judicial Office (See Michigan Bar Journal February 2024, p 57).
STATUS: Comment period expires April 1, 2024; Public hearing to be scheduled.

POSITION: Support