This article is about Michigan's Supreme Court. Back in October 2000, Michigan's Supreme Court seats were up for reelection. This article explains how important these seats are and how three of the Supreme Court judges are too conservative and don't follow precedent. Governor John Engler originally appointed the three conservative judges and now the Michigan Republican Party nominated them for the job. The challengers to the seats are a trial judge, an Appeals Court judge and …showed first 75 words of 307 total…

…showed last 75 words of 307 total…the Supreme Court is the highest court in the state. The main job of the Supreme Court is to make final decisions on matters of law that are appealed from lower courts. This means that the supreme court should follow precedent but in Michigan's Supreme Court, most of the decisions are based on opinions of the judges, who are mostly conservative and that isn't right. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** I didn't need a bibliography for this one