Opinion
SC: 160907 SC: 160908
02-14-2020
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF MICHIGAN, MICHIGANDERS FOR FAIR AND TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS, HENRY MAYERS, VALERIYA EPSHTEYN, and BARRY RUBIN, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and SENATE and HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Intervenors-Appellants, v. SECRETARY OF STATE, Defendant-Appellee. SENATE and HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SECRETARY OF STATE, Defendant-Appellee.
Order
160907-8 & (74) Bridget M. McCormack, Chief Justice David F. Viviano, Chief Justice Pro Tem Stephen J. Markman Brian K. Zahra Richard H. Bernstein Elizabeth T. Clement Megan K. Cavanagh, Justices COA: 350938
Court of Claims: 19-000084-MM COA: 351073
Court of Claims: 19-000092-MZ
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the January 27, 2020 judgment of the Court of Appeals and the motion to intervene are considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral argument on the application and the motion for March 11, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. MCR 7.305(H)(1).
The parties may file additional briefs by 5:00 p.m. on February 28, 2020, addressing: (1) whether this Court should grant the motion to intervene; (2) whether the Michigan Senate and the Michigan House of Representatives have standing to seek declaratory relief in the Court of Claims; (3) whether the 15% cap on ballot proposal signatures per congressional district in 2018 PA 608 is constitutional; and (4) whether 2018 PA 608's requirements that paid petition circulators file a pre-circulation affidavit and check a disclosure box on the face of circulated petitions are constitutional.
The time allowed for oral argument shall be 30 minutes for each side. MCR 7.314(B)(2).
Persons or groups interested in the determination of the issues presented in this case may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae. Amicus curiae briefs shall be filed by 5:00 p.m. on February 28, 2020.
I, Larry S. Royster, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court.
February 14, 2020
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Clerk