Candidates for Michigan's Courts

Michigan’s Future is Hanging in the Balance!

Join the Coalition of Michigan Citizens who are taking a stand for a Conservative Court in 2010! CTV is not able to get involved in every Judicial Race in Michigan. We have listed the highest courts below, and a link under 'helpful resources' to point you to the local court-candidates. These provide names for you to do the research on your own.


Candidates (in progress)
Our Michigan Supreme Court has 7 sitting Justices; 2 of the Justices are up for re-election.
Justice Betty Weaver (Incumbent; nominated by the GOP in 2004)
Justice Robert Young (Incumbent; nominated by the GOP in 2004)

Both Justices are running for re-election. The following leaders are running to un-seat Justices Weaver & Young
Seeking Republican Nomination:
Court Judge Mary Beth Kelly and
Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Jane Markey

Seeking Democrat Nomination:
Deborah Thomas, of Wayne County Circuit Court;
Denise Langford Morris, of Oakland County Circuit Court; and
Shelia Johnson, of 46th (Southfield) District Court.
Wayne County Circuit Judge Robert Colombo, Jr.,

Regarding: Local Judicial Candidates
Listing from SOS of candidates (as of filing deadline May 11, 2010)
(scroll down to bottom of page for long list of Judge races)

Helpful Resources (awesome!):
Article: Uncertainty surrounds state Supreme Court race

Michigan's Official Court Website
Judgepedia

Note: The Courts are extremely Important. If you have resources or information that might be helpful in educating Michigan citizens on these candidates, please email us!

 

Will the Michigan Supreme Court become like Massachusetts or California with Judges imposing their liberal agenda from the bench?

Not if we act now!

While most people will be focused on the Presidential election of 2008, there is another contest of critical importance for Michigan citizens - the Supreme Court.

Although often overlooked, the Courts in America have been responsible for many damaging decisions including legalized abortion, the proliferation of obscenity and homosexual "marriage" just to name a few.

That is precisely why we formed "Clergy for a Conservative Court." Because of our success in helping elect Justices Clifford Taylor, Stephen Markman and Robert Young in 2000, a Wall Street Journal article recently said that Michigan has, "The finest Court in the nation."

 

Other Resources

Preserving Life Through the Court
In this season when Michigan residents are concerned with the preservation of a conservative Supreme Court, a balanced perspective on the court system is encouraging. Read this article by Former Federal Judge, Law Professor and former CTV Board Member William Wagner.

Michigan Law and the Scales of Justice: Life in the Balance
The analysis of the Michigan Supreme Court presents a strong statutory scheme protecting life and a court majority committed to principles of judicial restraint. This jurisprudential commitment of the current Court to defer to legislative enactments, combined with Michigan's existing statutory scheme protecting life, presently provides an excellent platform for defending life, particularly with a vision toward the era after Roe v Wade's reversal. (Continue Reading...)