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Publication Date: June 2001
Publisher: Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. Center for Legal Policy
Author(s): Robert Young
Research Area: Justice; Politics
Keywords: judicial selection; state supreme court elections; Michigan supreme court
Type: Report
Coverage: Michigan
Abstract:
In this report, Justice Young, of the Michigan Supreme Court, discusses how activist judicial philosophy has transformed American courts into 'mini-legislatures,' where political activists petition judges to enact novel social policies.