Breaking: Michigan Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Challenge to Referendum on Emergency Manager Law

The order was unanimous. The oral argument will be July 25 at 10 a.m.  To recap the case to date, a three-member panel of the Court of Appeals said that, based on a precedential opinion with which they disagreed, the referendum on Michigan's Emergency Manager Law qualifies for the ballot, but they stayed that decision pending a poll of their fellow  judges on the question of convening a special panel to pursuant to MCR 7.215(J)(3)(a).  See Stand Up For Democracy v. Sec'y of State and Board of State Canvassers (PDF).The Court of Appeals declined to convene the special panel.