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THIS COALITION IS ON A MISSION TO:
- Gain more support for Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Deborah Thomas
- Remove Michigan Supreme Court Justice Clifford Taylor
- Remove Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Michael J. Talbot
- Remove Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Mary Beth Kelly
- Support judicial candidates who will uphold the law and not an agenda
THIS COALITION IS ON A MISSION TO TAKE POLITICS OUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND RESTORE JUSTICE IN MICHIGAN BY:
- Protecting the Constitutional Right to a jury of a citizen’s peers
- Restoring Habeas Corpus legal authority to all Wayne County Circuit Court Judges
- Restoring the rights of juveniles to have competent, independent legal counsel
- Stopping the privatization of Wayne County Court employees
CLIFF TAYLOR IS UNQUALIFED AS A JUDGE!!!
Cliff Taylor, Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, is up for re-election in November 2008. And for those of us that care deeply about Michigan and the direction it’s heading, there can be no question that he and his unprincipled, ultra-conservative, anti-citizen agenda must be replaced.
Taylor is barely qualified to sit on the Michigan Supreme Court. In a recent report in which attorneys from all political persuasions and who represent plaintiffs, prosecutors and defendants expressed their views of our Supreme Court Justices, he came in second to last, with only Justice Young behind him. What was amazing about the report was that even those that won their cases before him scored him lower than all the other Justices, save one. In fact, Elizabeth Weaver, a Republican who won her seat by popular election as opposed to Taylor’s appointment by former Governor Engler, bristles at his lack of qualifications, his lack of ethics, his pettiness, and his overall lack of judicial character. In fact, she published a dissent that the so-called Gang of Four (led by Taylor) would not officially publish when Taylor was elected Chief Justice.Taylor recently curtailed the rights of Michigan citizens to sue for violations of Michigan’s own Environmental Protection Act. This overt disenfranchisement of Michigan citizens is contrary to Taylor’s own professed “textualist” views, as he had to completely ignore the actual text of the statute to reach the conclusion. Taylor also supported letting a murderer out of a wrongful death suit, claiming the statute of limitations had run even though the main reason the defendant could not be identified earlier was that he successfully concealed his identity from authorities.
Even local journalist and radio personality Jack Lessenberry, not exactly known for his liberal views, wants to see Taylor gone, and has endorsed former Governor Jim Blanchard for the job. The people of our great state need to pay closer attention to the damage our elected Justices do to our rights and to the very cause of justice. We only get to limit the terms of these judges every eight years. This year, Taylor ought to be defeated, and there are plenty of well-qualified, fair, ethical, impartial judges out there to take his place.As seen on: www.tortdeform.com
- National Conference of Black Lawyers
- National Political Congress of Black Women
- Women Empowered
- People of Diversity United For Equality
- Greater Quinn A.M.E. Church
- Michigan State Black Alumni
- Councilwoman JoAnn Watson
- National Action Network/Detroit
- Association of Black Organizations Inc.
- Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
- David Sole, Pres. UAW Local 2334
- Fight for Your Rights Investigations/N.L.G.
- Project CAIN
- Law Offices of Banessa G. Flucker, Esq, PLLC
- Michigan Emergency Comm. Against War & Injustice
- National Lawyers' Guild
- Black Attorneys United for Justice
- Law Offices of Philip J. Thomas
- AFSCME Council 25
- Wayne County Criminal Defense Bar Association
- Law Offices of Diallo, Cromer, Toussant, Posey & Polk
- Michigan Democratic Party Black Caucus
- Council of Baptist Pastors.
