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In September, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan announced it was spending $2 million on voter education projects for the Supreme Court races, highlighting candidates’ stances ...
Four candidates are competing for two spots on the Michigan Supreme Court. The seven justices serving on the state supreme court are the final authority in matters of state law, ruling on ...
Here's a look at the candidates selected. Michigan Supreme Court. Current partisan make-up of the Michigan Supreme Court: Democratic-nominated justices currently hold a 4-3 majority.
Supreme Court races in Michigan are officially nonpartisan — meaning candidates appear without a party label on the ballot — but the nominees are chosen by party convention. Democratic-backed justices currently hold a 4-3 majority.
The 2024 Michigan elections were held on November 5, 2024. In addition to the 2024 United States presidential election , elections were held for all of the state's seats in the United States House of Representatives , the state's class 1 seat in the United States Senate , and for all the seats in the Michigan House of Representatives .
Supreme Court elections are considered nonpartisan, but candidates are nominated by delegates at state party conventions. The court is currently split 4-3, with Democrats holding the majority.
Following his victory in the 2016 presidential election, Republican Donald Trump took office as president on January 20, 2017, and faced an immediate vacancy on the Supreme Court due to the February 2016 death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. During the 2016 campaign, Trump had released two lists of potential nominees to the Supreme Court.
Following is a list of individuals who have been mentioned in various news accounts as possible nominees for a Supreme Court appointment under Biden: Note: Individuals marked with an asterisk would fulfill Biden's commitment that his first nominee be a Black woman. [9] Bolded individuals have been selected by Biden for the Supreme Court.