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Re: E-M:/ Kelly and Thomas for Michigan Supreme Court
Title: Re: E-M:/ Kelly and Thomas for Michigan Supreme
Court
Agreed. I forgot to add that Marilyn Kelly spoke at the Michigan
Democratic Party Environmental Caucus this past August at the state
convention and reiterated her commitment to the environment in general
and to upholding our Michigan environmental laws. She is a real
hero.
And the Lansing State Journal endorsed both Thomas and Kelly,
although not mentioning the environment:
Our opinion: Court
needs philosophical shift
Current panel's bent toward
literalism, needs dose of common sense
http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041018/OPINION01/410180321/1086/opinion
LuAnne
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Enviro-Mich message from "Alexander J. Sagady"
<ajs@sagady.com>
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At 07:32 PM 10/27/2004, you wrote:
would anyone on enviro-mich be willing to
share some thoughts as to which of the candidates for the state courts
(supreme and appeals) have been particularly supportive of
environmental issues and which have been particularly non-supportive .
. .
cheers,
craig
For Michigan's environment, the Michigan Supreme Court electoral race
is
as important as the presidential race.
I'm urging all of my fellow Michigan environmentalists to vote to
return Supreme Court Judge Marilyn Kelly for another 8 year term
and to promote Wayne County Circuit Judge Deborah Thomas to
the Michigan Supreme Court.
http://www.kellyforjustice.com/ [official site]
http://judgedeborahthomas.org/ [official campaign site]
http://michigancitizen.com/ [scroll down for interview of
Judge Thomas]
The recent votes by Engler-era Judge Stephen Markman to trash
Michigan's Environmental Protection Act show just how important
this particular choice is. As you may recall, this
"strict constructionist"
voted to eviscerate legislative intent given to MEPA in 1970 and
which
had been supported by numerous court decisions since its
enactment.
Markman vote to imposed new, onerous standing requirements on MEPA
litigants which were never intended by the legislature and to trash
the
ability to use MEPA to collaterally attack pollution, impairment and
destruction
of natural resources outside of the permit system.
Alex Sagady, East Lansing, MI
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