Daily Briefs (Sept 15)

Fox’s Huckabee to suggest ‘common sense solutions’
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Fox News host and ex-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will talk about what he calls “common sense solutions” for Michigan and the nation during the Michigan Chamber of Commerce’s annual Future Forum event.

Huckabee will discuss issues from education to health care and manufacturing as the evening’s keynote speaker at Tuesday afternoon’s forum in East Lansing. It’s at the Kellogg Center on the Michigan State University campus.

Huckabee ran in the 2008 GOP presidential primary before dropping out. He’s considered a possible 2012 presidential candidate.

Fox News commentator Glenn Beck was the keynote speaker at last year’s Future Forum.

SBM’s Young Lawyers Section  presents ‘A View from the Bench’

The Young Lawyers Section of the State Bar of Michigan is hosting “A View from the Bench” at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23 in the atrium of the University of Detroit Law School. The event will feature a panel discussion with Wayne County Circuit Court Judges including:
Hon. Timothy M. Kenny, Presiding Judge (Criminal Division)
Hon. Maria Oxholm, Presiding Judge (Family Division)
Hon. Gershwin Drain (Civil Division)

The judges will discuss pitfalls for new practitioners to avoid and how to present the best and excel in the courtroom.  Jennifer M. Harvey is the moderator.

Heavy appetizers and beverages will be served at 5:30 p.m. and the panel discussion will begin between 5:45 p.m. and 6 p.m.

The event is presented at no cost to Young Lawyers Section members. Contact Jennifer M. Harvey for more information at jharvey@harveylegalgroup.com

Breyer: Supreme Court isn’t ‘9 junior varsity politicians’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer rejected what he called the public perception that the high court is made up of “nine junior varsity politicians.”

Breyer, during a talk at the National Archives, said that is the biggest obstacle to understanding the high court.

“More and more people think that what’s important to us is political and that this is nine junior varsity politicians. That’s what they think,” Breyer said.

“That isn’t what goes on,” said Breyer, who was nominated to the court in 1994 by President Bill Clinton.

Breyer was speaking about his new book, “Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s View.” He said the book is designed to help the public understand how the court works and how he believes the court should work with other branches of government.

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