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The Michigan Constitution Podcast begins with a general introduction and a high-level history of the various constitutions of the State of Michigan.
This time around we review the Michigan Constitution and its authority against the backdrop of the United State Constitution. While the federal government grants rights to the states, the people of those individual states may choose to limit the state'...
This section of the Michigan Constitution prohibits the State of Michigan from forcibly requiring its citizens from housing soldiers.
Some make a distasteful argument that being required to do something (or not being allowed to do something) was involuntary servitude and should be prohibited under the Michigan Constitution. But none of these cases successfully won their argument.
A bill of attainder occurs when the Michigan Legislature criminalizes something you did in the past, when it wasn't illegal to do it, and does not provide you with a judicial trial. This podcast will review situations where individuals believed the Leg...
This time, we address search & seizure from the police officer's point of view.
Is it considered an unreasonable seizure of a person to stay with the police, while they execute a search warrant of your home? To what extent can we give credibility to an informant regarding the information they tell the police?
We discuss exigent circumstances when police may or MAY NOT conduct a warrantless search and seizure
Habeas Corpus is the right to a speedy trial, bond and extradition.
Habeas Corpus is the right to a speedy trial, bond and extradition.