Law school, ABA settle compliance lawsuit
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School and the American Bar Association have settled litigation pending in federal court.
The lawsuit will be dismissed with prejudice by agreement of the parties.
WMU-Cooley has been fully approved by the ABA continuously since 1978. The school filed suit after a finding in late 2017 that it was out of compliance with a subpart of one ABA standard.
The ABA asked the school to submit information and the ABA determined that the school was in compliance after reviewing those documents in March.
In August, the ABA allowed the school to open a 60-credit program on Western Michigan University’s main campus in Kalamazoo.
Candidate’s own write-in vote will win an election
STANTON (AP) — Just one write-in vote will win an election for a county post in western Michigan.
Christopher Johnston lost the August primary for a seat on Montcalm County Board of Commissioners. Ron Braman's victory meant he would run unopposed in the Nov. 6 election. But the 74-year-old Braman died on Oct. 24.
The Daily News in Greenville reports that Johnston met the deadline to sign up as a write-in candidate, two days after Braman's death. No one else did. So Johnston only needs a single vote Tuesday to become a county commissioner.
The Montcalm County clerk says Johnston "absolutely" can write his own name. Fred Woodhams, spokesman for the secretary of state, says, "It's not common, but it does happen from time to time."
Rehnquist once proposed to O’Connor, biographer says
WASHINGTON (AP) — A biographer has discovered the future chief justice of the United States once proposed marriage to the woman who would become the first woman to serve on the court.
NPR’s “Morning Edition” reports author Evan Thomas found William Rehnquist’s letter to Sandra Day O’Connor while researching his upcoming book, “First.” The two dated while students at Stanford Law School in the early 1950s. They had broken up but remained friends.
Rehnquist graduated and in a March 29 letter, wrote: “To be specific, Sandy, will you marry me this summer?” She said no.
She was dating another student, John O’Connor. They married in 1952.
O’Connor’s son Jay says he and his siblings were “surprised,” although they knew the two had dated.
Relief: Police recover stolen inflatable colon
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — There was a sigh of relief after police recovered a giant inflatable colon that is used to teach about the dangers of colon cancer.
Police in Kansas City, Missouri, announced on Twitter last week that a tip led officers to locate the "pilfered intestine" inside a vacant house.
The 10-foot, 150-pound prop, worth $4,000, was stolen from the back of a pickup truck. It had been purchased by the Colon Cancer Coalition, which hosts walking and running events under a "Get Your Rear In Gear" campaign, and was stored at the University of Kansas Cancer Center.
There is a silver lining to the story. Donations poured in after the theft and the coalition was able to purchase two replacement colons.
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