Ways to honor Martin Luther King Jr. topic of WMU-Cooley event
Attorney Aaron V. Burrell will lead an online discussion “Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.” as part of Western Michigan University Cooley Law School’s Community Conversations series on Thursday, Jan. 7, beginning at noon.
Burrell will discuss how to continue to honor the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and pay homage to his dream today, as attorneys and as a society.
Burrell is a member of the WMU-Cooley Law School Board of Directors. As a business lawyer at Dickinson Wright PLLC, he focuses his practice in the areas of complex commercial litigation, appellate law, labor and employment law, and minority business enterprises.
To register for this virtual event, visit info.cooley.edu/community-conversations.
Federal judges to speak on ‘The Rule of Rachmanus’
The Jewish Bar Association will present “The Rule of Rachmanus”?with the Federal Bench on Tuesday, Jan. 19, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. online via Zoom.
Speaking at the live virtual program will be U.S. District Court Judges Bernard Friedman, Judith Levy and David Grand of the Eastern District of Michigan.
To register, visit www.jewishbar.org and click on “events.”
Attendees will receive a notification email on submission as confirmation of their reservation.
An email will be sent a few days prior to the event that will contain links and details for this virtual event.
Private schools win decision over tax dollars for safety
LANSING (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court this week upheld a law that gives public money to private schools to comply with health and safety orders.
The court's decision was 3-3, which means an opinion in favor of private schools by the state appeals court will stand.
At issue was whether more than $5 million authorized by lawmakers during Gov. Rick Snyder's administration conflicts with the Michigan Constitution, which says “no public monies or property” can be used to “aid or maintain” private schools.
The money is OK because it's not for “educational services” in private schools, said justices Stephen Markman, Brian Zahra and David Viviano, all nominated by the Republican Party.
Three Democrats — Megan Cavanagh, Bridget McCormack and Richard Bernstein — disagreed.
“Simply stated, the aid provided to nonpublic schools ... is of a ‘direct’ nature,” they said. “The legislation appropriates public monies for one specific purpose: to pay that money directly to nonpublic schools. None of this court’s precedents permits such a result.”
Justice Elizabeth Clement, a Republican nominee to the court, didn't participate because she was a lawyer in Snyder's office.
The case now returns to the Court of Claims.
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