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Local governments would be banned from decriminalizing public urination, littering and public indecency under legislation introduced Wednesday by Rep. Matt Hall (R-Comstock Township)'s HB 6367.

Michigan's abortion-ban law has been ruled unconstitutional by a Court of Claims judge who has donated to Planned Parenthood, the plaintiff in the lawsuit.

Proposals to enshrine abortion into the state Constitution and on expanding voting rights will be on the November ballot, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 07/22/2022) The Grand Rapids Police Department's policy to photograph and fingerprint suspicious people not charged with a crime is an unconstitutional violation of a person's Fourth Amendment rights, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Friday in a unanimous decision.

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The one-judge grand jury process used to criminally charge former Gov. Rick Snyder, former health director Nick Lyon and seven other officials in connection with the Flint Water crisis is "not only an oxymoron, but a structural error," an attorney told the Michigan Supreme Court Wednesday.