6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds Michigan’s term limits for state lawmakers – By Craig Mauger (The Detroit News) / Nov 17 2021
Lansing — The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Michigan’s legislative term limits Wednesday, denying a challenge brought by a bipartisan group of former state lawmakers.
A three-judge panel said the decision on whether to institute term limits was made by Michigan voters in 1992, and the matter goes to “the heart of state sovereignty.” It wasn’t the court’s place to intervene, wrote Judge Amul Thapar, an appointee of former President Donald Trump.
“If they want to change the law, they’ll have to do that at the ballot box,” Thapar wrote at the conclusion of an eight-page opinion.
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