https://www.wcmu.org/tags/supreme-court-of-michigan Supreme Court of Michigan en-US Copyright Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:56:13 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-04-08/michigan-supreme-court-considers-nuances-of-juvenile-lifer-rulings The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday considered a pair of cases that deal with resentencing people serving long prison terms for crimes they committed as children. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:56:13 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-04-08/michigan-supreme-court-considers-nuances-of-juvenile-lifer-rulings Colin Jackson https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-10-15/michigan-supreme-court-hears-case-at-big-rapids-high-school The event was part of the Court Community Connections program, which mains to help teach students about the judicial system. Wed, 15 Oct 2025 17:59:28 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-10-15/michigan-supreme-court-hears-case-at-big-rapids-high-school Brianna Edgar https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-09-22/michigan-supreme-court-to-hear-line-5-permit-appeals The state's highest court will reconsider the Michigan Court of Appeals' decision in favor of the permit back in February. Mon, 22 Sep 2025 21:20:29 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-09-22/michigan-supreme-court-to-hear-line-5-permit-appeals Claire Keenan-Kurgan https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-02-21/prosecutor-asks-mi-supreme-court-to-uphold-terroristic-threat-law Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy’s office is asking the Michigan Supreme Court to reverse a ruling that struck down the state’s terroristic threats law. Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:46:19 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-02-21/prosecutor-asks-mi-supreme-court-to-uphold-terroristic-threat-law Rick Pluta https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-08-02/it-is-a-very-big-deal-michigan-supreme-court-sides-with-regulators-in-cafo-case The Michigan Supreme Court sided with state regulators this week in a dispute with industrial livestock farms. Fri, 02 Aug 2024 22:47:42 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-08-02/it-is-a-very-big-deal-michigan-supreme-court-sides-with-regulators-in-cafo-case Ellie Katz https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-05-31/oral-arguments-scheduled-in-election-rules-lawsuit-appeal Michigan’s Supreme Court could take up an appeal in a case over the state’s election challenger guidance. Fri, 31 May 2024 13:44:51 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-05-31/oral-arguments-scheduled-in-election-rules-lawsuit-appeal Colin Jackson | MPRN https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-05-10/michigan-supreme-court-dismisses-last-of-abortion-cases The Michigan Supreme Court issued the final orders today formally dismissing two abortion rights cases. Wed, 10 May 2023 22:04:06 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-05-10/michigan-supreme-court-dismisses-last-of-abortion-cases https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-10-19/michigan-supreme-court-to-consider-rule-changes-on-restraints-redactions A rule about the use of restraints on defendants in Michigan courts will be among a handful of proposed changes discussed at a hearing next month. Wed, 19 Oct 2022 22:36:25 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-10-19/michigan-supreme-court-to-consider-rule-changes-on-restraints-redactions Colin Jackson https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-09-26/michigan-supreme-court-to-hear-cases-involving-covid-19-responses-at-universities Students from Central Michigan University, Lake Superior State University and Eastern Michigan University allege the universities failed to provide them with the full benefits of their tuition. Mon, 26 Sep 2022 22:27:26 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-09-26/michigan-supreme-court-to-hear-cases-involving-covid-19-responses-at-universities Rick Brewer https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-06-27/court-order-will-delay-reinstatement-of-mi-abortion-ban Michigan is one of more than a dozen states with an abortion ban on the books that was unenforceable following the 1973 Roe versus Wade decision. But that old law is not automatically back in force as a result of Friday’s US Supreme Court decision in the Dobbs versus Jackson case. The dormant Michigan law dates back to 1931 and it says abortion providers can be prosecuted -- with exceptions only to save the life of a pregnant woman. Mon, 27 Jun 2022 15:48:33 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-06-27/court-order-will-delay-reinstatement-of-mi-abortion-ban Rick Pluta | MPRN, Colin Jackson