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PROTECT OUR JOBS v. BD. OF STATE CANVASSERS

Docket Nos. 145748, 145753, 145754, and 145755.

822 N.W.2d 534 (2012)

492 Mich. 763

PROTECT OUR JOBS v. BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS. Michigan Alliance for Prosperity v. Board of State Canvassers. Citizens for More Michigan Jobs v. Secretary of State. The People Should Decide v. Board of State Canvassers.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided September 5, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sachs Waldman, P.C., Detroit (by Andrew Nickelhoff ), for Protect Our Jobs.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, B. Eric Restuccia , Deputy Solicitor General, Heather S. Meingast , Ann M. Sherman , and Denise C. Barton , Assistant Attorneys General, for the Board of State Canvassers and the Director of Elections in Protect Our Jobs.

Dykema Gossett PLLC, Lansing (by Gary P. Gordon , Leonard C. Wolfe , Jason T. Hanselman , and Courtney F. Kissel ), for Citizens Protecting Michigan's Constitution.

Witte Law Offices, Lansing (by Matthew G. Davis ), for Michigan Alliance for Prosperity.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, B. Eric Restuccia , Deputy Solicitor General, Denise C. Barton , Heather S. Meingast , and Ann M. Sherman , Assistant Attorneys General, for the Board of State Canvassers, the Director of Elections, and the Secretary of State in Michigan Alliance.

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, Lansing (by John D. Pirich and Andrea L. Hansen ), for Defend Michigan Democracy.

Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap, P.C., Lansing (by Jonathan E. Raven and Graham K. Crabtree ), for Citizens for More Michigan Jobs and Robert J. Cannon.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, B. Eric Restuccia , Deputy Solicitor General, Ann M. Sherman and Denise C. Barton , Assistant Attorneys General, for the Secretary of State, the Board of State Canvassers, and the Director of Elections in Citizens for More Michigan Jobs.

Dickinson Wright PLLC, Lansing (by Peter H. Ellsworth and Jeffery V. Stuckey ), and Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP (by John D. Pirich and Andrea L. Hansen ), for Protect MI Constitution.

Kerr, Russel and Weber, PLC, Detroit (by Joanne Geha Swanson ), Gerald Fisher, Nedelman Legal Group PLLC, Farmington Hills (by Michael A. Nedelman ), and Stephen J. Safranek , for The People Should Decide.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, B. Eric Restuccia , Deputy Solicitor General, Heather S. Meingast and Denise C. Barton , Assistant Attorneys General, for the Board of State Canvassers, the Director of Elections, and the Secretary of State in People Should Decide.

Miller Canfield Paddock and Stone, PLC, Lansing (by Michael J. Hodge , William J. Danhof , and Scott R. Eldridge ), and Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, Lansing (by John D. Pirich and Andrea L. Hansen ), for Taxpayers Against Monopolies.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, John J. Bursch , Solicitor General, and Richard A. Bandstra , Chief Legal Counsel, for the Attorney General and the Governor in Protect Our Jobs.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, John J. Bursch , Solicitor General, and Richard A. Bandstra , Chief Legal Counsel, for the Attorney General in Citizens for More Michigan Jobs.

Richard D. McLellan for William Birdseye and the Police Officers Association of Michigan in Citizens for More Michigan Jobs.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, John J. Bursch , Solicitor General, and Richard A. Bandstra , Chief Legal Counsel, for the Governor in People Should Decide.

ZAHRA, J.

Article 1, § 1 of Michigan's Constitution states: "All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for their equal benefit, security and protection."1 Within our Constitution, the people have allocated certain portions of their inherent powers to the branches of government. But the people have also reserved certain powers to themselves. Among these powers is the right to amend the Constitution by...

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