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.
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Argued on application for leave to appeal March 11, 2020.
Decided December 29, 2020.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Goodman Acker, PC, Southfield (by Mark Brewer), Nickelhoff & Widick, PLLC (by Andrew Nickelhoff), and Cummings & Cummings Law Group, PLLC (by Mary Ellen Gurewitz) for the League of Women Voters of Michigan, Michiganders for Fair and Transparent Elections, Henry Mayers, Valeriya Epshteyn, and Barry Rubin.
Bursch Law PLLC, Caledonia (by John J. Bursch) and Dickinson Wright PLLC (by Charles R. Spies and Ariana D. Pellegrino, Detroit) for the Michigan Senate and House of Representatives.
Dana Nessel, Attorney General, Fadwa A. Hammoud, Solicitor General, and Heather S. Meingast and Erik A. Grill, Assistant Attorneys General, for the Secretary of State.
Doster Law Offices, PLLC (by Eric E. Doster) for the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, amicus curiae.
Samuel R. Bagenstos, Eli Savit, Daniel S. Korobkin, and Sharon Dolente, Bloomfield Hills, for the American Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiae.
Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, PLC (by Paul D. Hudson, Kalamazoo, and Michael C. Simoni, Troy) for the Michigan Manufacturers Association, amicus curiae.
Baker & Hostetler LLP (by Lee A. Casey) for the State Government Leadership Foundation, amicus curiae.
BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH.
OPINION
Viviano, J.
These consolidated cases involve constitutional challenges to recent amendments of the Election Law, MCL 168.1 et seq. But we cannot address the merits of the issues in these cases unless they are presented in a justiciable controversy. In these cases, we conclude they are not.
We grant the Legislature...
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