On May 2, 2023, the Michigan Supreme Court issued a decision in Christie v. Wayne State University, case no. 162706. The Supreme Court’s 7-0 decision holds that in order to file a lawsuit against the State of Michigan or any of its departments, commissions, boards,...
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My thoughts on why book banning is a bad idea
My thoughts after reading the article from The New York Times on May 7, 2023, "My Book is Horrifying. My Book is a Lifeline. My Book is Banned.": One of the touchstones I had as a young man was that if the Nazis or the Soviets put great stock in a tool, then it was...
Understanding the ‘Red Flag’ Law and Senate Bill 83
Michigan is one step closer to having so-called red flag laws on the books as Governor Gretchen Whitmer is expected to sign Senate Bill 83 into legislation. David Nacht knows the law and his way around a courtroom. So, WPBN asked him to read Senate Bill 83 for us....
East Cleveland Police Officers Indicted On Multiple Charges Of Police Brutality Arising Out Of Video Coverage Of Assaults
Eleven officers of the East Cleveland Police Department have been indicted by a Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas grand jury on a number of charges involving police brutality. In 2022, Attorney David Nacht brought a civil action on behalf of his client Redrick...
Nacht gets probation for federal court clients
On August 2, 2022, David Nacht obtained a sentence of two years of supervised release for a client who pled guilty to felony fraud in federal court in the Eastern District of Michigan. Nacht focused on the letters of support his client received, her steady employment...
Northern Michigan University drops charges against student for circulating mental health survey
When Dominick Dotson was facing possible expulsion, simply for sending out a campus-wide mental health survey, he reached out to FIRE and Michigan Civil Rights Attorney Nick Roumel. With their advocacy, the expulsion proceedings were canceled and the parties were able...
Hospital Billing – We need to start exercising control of costs without sacrificing care
She Was Told Surgery Would Cost About $1,300. Then the Bill Came: $229,000. Here is a link to the full NY Times story: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/21/us/colorado-hospital-lisa-french.html?referringSource=articleShare A galling fact of hospital billing is that they...
Thoughts on the cultural political geography of America
It is now well established that increasingly we live close to others who share our political preferences. No one plans to get an abortion before getting an unexpected pregnancy and so it is unlikely that people will choose to live in a state because they could get an...
The next battleground in abortion laws lies at the state level
The next battleground in abortion laws lies at the state level, and no issue will become hotter than whether states can punish women who travel out of state to get abortions.
The China Initiative disproportionally targets researchers
I have repeatedly blogged about the Justice Department’s “China Initiative”. By numerous accounts, China’s Communist government has pursued an intelligence gathering and intellectual property theft operation of enormous proportions in the USA. We want our Government...