On June 20, 2013, the Michigan Supreme Court issued a 3-2 Opinion (Justices McCormack and Viviano not participating) holding that "absolute immunity" for executive level government officials applied as well to the performance by these officials of the duties and powers that subordinate governmental employees have in the same governmental department. Â This is a remarkable [...]
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Unconstitutionally Usurps Constitutional Sheriffs’ Arrest Powers
I am attaching an article describing the ill-conceived decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to reduce the powers of the Constitutional Sheriffs in that State with respect to powers of arrest to nothing more than that of the ordinary citizen. The opinion unconstitutionally usurps the elective franchise of the citizens to vote for who they [...]