On June 11, U.S. District Court Judge Matthew F. Leitman, an Obama appointee, issued an injunction in SawariMedia LLC v Whitmer, e.d., 4:20cv-11246. The injunction says that Michigan must reduce the number of signatures needed for statewide initiatives, and also grant a later petition deadline. The statutory requirements for initiatives this year are 340,047 signatures due May 27.
Here is the 37-page opinion.
This is the first case in which any court has reduced the number of signatures for an initiative. The judge did not set a new requirement but ordered the state to choose one. Thanks to Thomas Jones for this news.
ANY State legis in emergency CV-19 meetings to merely pass election LAW changes —
candidates/issues ???
— to NOT have exec/judic LAWLESS tyrants messing with such candidates/issues.
How many years will SCOTUS and State supreme courts be cleaning up the cv-19 mess ???