Feds accuse Michigan Supreme Court justice of fraud
Wednesday, November 21st, 12:38 p.m.We began a new post on this story here. Here's an update from the Associated Press:The lawyer for a Michigan Supreme Court justice accused of fraud says she'll file...
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Feds accuse Supreme Court Justice of fraud"Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway faces a federal civil lawsuit. It accuses Hathaway and her husband of hiding assets to qualify for a short sale...
View ArticleCommentary: Disorder in the court
ListenEssayLet’s start by saying something we should never forget: In America, anyone accused of a crime is innocent until proven guilty.Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway hasn’t even been...
View ArticleMichigan Supreme Court Justice Hathaway will fight to keep house
A story broke yesterday that Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway had cleared out her office at the Hall of Justice. Many took this as a sign that Justice Hathaway was preparing to resign from...
View ArticleMichigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway resigns
Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway has resigned.That news became public just hours after an ethics complaint was filed against her, along with an unprecedented request that she be suspended...
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Supreme Court Justice Hathaway resigns"Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway announced Monday she will retire from the bench Jan. 21 after the Judicial Tenure Commission filed a formal...
View ArticleCommentary: Vacancy in the Court
A young reporter once asked me how you could tell if a someone was really retiring of their own free will, or being fired. “Well,” I said, “When someone prominent retires, they often announce it well...
View ArticleStateside: Changes in Court majority likely to follow Justice Hathaway's...
Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway will resign January 21.The news came after the state’s Judicial Tenure Commission unveiled a 19-page complaint accusing her of money laundering, fraud and...
View ArticleThe week in Michigan politics
This week in Michigan politics, Michigan Radio’s Morning Edition host, Christina Shockley and Michigan Radio’s political analyst, Jack Lessenberry discuss the resignation of Michigan Supreme Court...
View ArticleHathaway resignation official; Snyder considers replacements for Supreme...
As Justice Diane Hathaway officially resigns from the Michigan Supreme Court today, Governor Rick Snyder says he is considering her replacement.Hathaway’s resignation comes after federal prosecutors...
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Critics of Governor Snyder's roads funding say weight limit an issueCritics of Governor Rick Snyder's proposal to spend more than a billion dollars to fix Michigan's roads say the state should change...
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Survey: It should be tougher to become a teacher"It should be a lot tougher to become a teacher in this state. At least that's what the Center for Michigan found in a statewide survey of some 7,500...
View ArticleThe week in Michigan politics
In this week in Michigan politics, Jack Lessenberry and Christina Shockley discuss the likelihood of Michigan having a part time legislature, what will happen to former Supreme Court Justice Diane...
View ArticleFormer justice Diane Hathaway will face bank fraud charge next week
Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway will face a federal bank fraud charge in a United States District Court in Ann Arbor next Tuesday.The charge was filed as criminal “information,”...
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Michigan Attorney General questions Hathaway's fitness as a lawyerMichigan Attorney General Bill Schuette asked the Attorney Grievance Commission to investigate former Supreme Court Justice Diane...
View ArticleThe week in review
This “week in review”, Michigan Radio’s Weekend Edition host Rina Miller and political analyst Jack Lessenberry discuss proposed gun laws in Michigan, who might replace former Supreme Court Justice...
View ArticleFormer Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway pleads guilty to bank fraud
Update 11:30 a.m.Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway stood in front of federal judge this morning and plead guilty to felony bank fraud charges. More from the Detroit Free...
View ArticleCommentary: Supreme Court scandal
Well, it’s now official: A person who ten days ago was a Michigan Supreme Court justice is now a convicted felon.Diane Hathaway pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to a single count of bank...
View ArticleCommentary: The governor’s Supreme Court appointment
Yesterday, Governor Rick Snyder finally filled the vacancy on the Michigan Supreme Court created when disgraced Justice Diane Hathaway resigned last month, just before pleading guilty to felony bank...
View ArticleEx-justice Hathaway to be sentenced Tuesday
Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway finds out tomorrow whether she’s headed to prison for bank fraud.Hathaway pleaded guilty in federal court to concealing a vacation home in Florida,...
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