Recently resigned Michigan Supreme Court justice Betty Weaver was censured by the court for secretly recording deliberations without the other justices' consent. The recordings were used in malicious attacks against Justice Robert Young, who was reelected this month.
Weaver was censured not just by Republicans Corrigan, Markman, and Young, but also democrats Kelly and Cavanaugh. Democrat Hathaway opposed censure, while democrat Alton Davis did not vote, perhaps due to conflict of interest. Davis was Weaver's handpicked successor in a secret deal with governor Granholm.
This demonstrates once again that the problems on the Michigan Supreme Court were not due to partisanship, as often alleged in the media. They were due to Weaver. Good riddance.
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