Beware of Supreme Court Justice Clifford Taylor
In the past ten year's Michigan's highest court has become a dangerous laughingstock in legal circles. The MSC is known best in the legal community for making up statutory language, citing to Wikipedia and to dime-store dictionaries to support its untenable legal reasoning, and for toxic and destructive bickering among its GOP majority members.
While our state's highest court overrules decades of legal precedent and resorts to citing cases of Civil War and WWI vintage to support bizarre new doctrines, its opinions are pockmarked with accusations among the Justices of mutual mental illness, unlawful acts, abuse of power, cover ups and conspiracy. Justices quote the lyrics to Broadway musicals and trade insults, but somehow through all the dark comedy and shrill rhetoric the so-called "gang of four" majority manages to rule against Michigan families and in favor of powerful special interests 85% of the time.
In a survey of attorneys who argue cases in front of the Supreme Court:
Justice Clifford Taylor was rated: -Lowest in preparedness -Lowest in efficiency -Lowest in thoroughness -Lowest in overall knowledge of the lawFrom Michigan Lawyers Weekly, January 21, 2008
However, for Michigan families the results are not funny at all. Michigan now has the nation's only absolute "get-out-of-jail-free" immunity for drug companies that kill thousands with drugs they knew were dangerous. The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled to protect drunk drivers who kill, to protect sexual predators who rape women in Michigan workplaces and to reward murders who elude police.
The Michigan Supreme Court has decided that the road commissions we created to make our roads safe have "no duty" regarding missing stop signs, traffic lights that shine green in all four directions or bridges so poorly designed that families slide into rivers and oncoming traffic.
The Michigan Supreme Court gutted Michigan's Consumer Protection Act, destroyed our Environmental Protection Act and enabled carpetbagger Ward Connolly to bring his puppet machine into Michigan and destroy affirmative action.
Justice Clifford Taylor has ruled against middle-class families and in favor of big insurance companies and corporate special interests over 80% of the time. Source, Michigan Lawyers Weekly, July 2, 2008
The Michigan Supreme Court has repeatedly ignored the intent of our elected lawmakers, ignored the wording of Constitutionally enacted laws and dolled our drastic changes to the law that benefit the multinational insurance industry and other powerful political players.
It is no coincidence that while this "new" Michigan Supreme Court has laid waste to our state for the benefit of powerful political contributors our economy has gone into a nose dive.
When those who rape, and kill and poison families are allowed to escape accountability the massive costs are dumped onto the backs of Michigan taxpayers.
Current Michigan Supreme Court-- Worst in the nation? Media report University of Chicago Study
Current Michigan Superme Court--harming Michigan familiesJustice Caucus MSC election information
Legal professionals vote for the 2008 MSC Justice candidatesLegal poll
Legal professionals rank Taylor next-to last among Michigan justicesSee the rankings
Incumbent Justice Cliff Taylor's websiteList of contributors to Taylor’s campaign.
In November, you have an opportunity to end this assault on our civil justice system and your individual rights. Stop the insurance companies and big business from running our State and say no to Clifford Taylor.
Please check out his challenger and remember Judge Diane Hathaway on election day:
Judge Diane Marie Hathaway's websiteMedia on Hathway nomination
While our state's highest court overrules decades of legal precedent and resorts to citing cases of Civil War and WWI vintage to support bizarre new doctrines, its opinions are pockmarked with accusations among the Justices of mutual mental illness, unlawful acts, abuse of power, cover ups and conspiracy. Justices quote the lyrics to Broadway musicals and trade insults, but somehow through all the dark comedy and shrill rhetoric the so-called "gang of four" majority manages to rule against Michigan families and in favor of powerful special interests 85% of the time.
In a survey of attorneys who argue cases in front of the Supreme Court:
Justice Clifford Taylor was rated: -Lowest in preparedness -Lowest in efficiency -Lowest in thoroughness -Lowest in overall knowledge of the lawFrom Michigan Lawyers Weekly, January 21, 2008
However, for Michigan families the results are not funny at all. Michigan now has the nation's only absolute "get-out-of-jail-free" immunity for drug companies that kill thousands with drugs they knew were dangerous. The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled to protect drunk drivers who kill, to protect sexual predators who rape women in Michigan workplaces and to reward murders who elude police.
The Michigan Supreme Court has decided that the road commissions we created to make our roads safe have "no duty" regarding missing stop signs, traffic lights that shine green in all four directions or bridges so poorly designed that families slide into rivers and oncoming traffic.
The Michigan Supreme Court gutted Michigan's Consumer Protection Act, destroyed our Environmental Protection Act and enabled carpetbagger Ward Connolly to bring his puppet machine into Michigan and destroy affirmative action.
Justice Clifford Taylor has ruled against middle-class families and in favor of big insurance companies and corporate special interests over 80% of the time. Source, Michigan Lawyers Weekly, July 2, 2008
The Michigan Supreme Court has repeatedly ignored the intent of our elected lawmakers, ignored the wording of Constitutionally enacted laws and dolled our drastic changes to the law that benefit the multinational insurance industry and other powerful political players.
It is no coincidence that while this "new" Michigan Supreme Court has laid waste to our state for the benefit of powerful political contributors our economy has gone into a nose dive.
When those who rape, and kill and poison families are allowed to escape accountability the massive costs are dumped onto the backs of Michigan taxpayers.
Current Michigan Supreme Court-- Worst in the nation? Media report University of Chicago Study
Current Michigan Superme Court--harming Michigan familiesJustice Caucus MSC election information
Legal professionals vote for the 2008 MSC Justice candidatesLegal poll
Legal professionals rank Taylor next-to last among Michigan justicesSee the rankings
Incumbent Justice Cliff Taylor's websiteList of contributors to Taylor’s campaign.
In November, you have an opportunity to end this assault on our civil justice system and your individual rights. Stop the insurance companies and big business from running our State and say no to Clifford Taylor.
Please check out his challenger and remember Judge Diane Hathaway on election day:
Judge Diane Marie Hathaway's websiteMedia on Hathway nomination
posted by Neil Davis, Esq. at
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