No. 21-1360
Mike Kowall, et al. v. Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State
Tags: candidate-qualifications civil-rights due-process electoral-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment legislative-restrictions political-participation standing term-limits
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Latest Conference:
2022-09-28
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether candidate qualifications should be subjected merely to rational-basis review, as the Sixth Circuit concluded below, or some heightened level of scrutiny, as five other circuits and four state courts of last resort have held.
2. Whether Michigan's lifetime term limits—the shortest and harshest in the nation—violate candidates' and voters' First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether candidate qualifications should be subjected to heightened scrutiny
Docket Entries
2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-09-15
Reply of petitioners Mike Kowall, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2022-08-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-08-01
Brief of respondent Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State in opposition filed.
2022-08-01
Brief amicus curiae of U.S. Term Limits filed.
2022-06-10
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 1, 2022.
2022-06-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 30, 2022 to August 1, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-05-31
Response Requested. (Due June 30, 2022)
2022-05-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/2/2022.
2022-05-10
Waiver of right of respondent Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State to respond filed.
2022-04-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 19, 2022)
2022-02-02
Application (21A382) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until April 16, 2022.
2022-01-28
Application (21A382) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 15, 2022 to April 16, 2022, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
Attorneys
Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State
Fadwa A. Hammoud — Michigan Department of Attorney General, Respondent
Mike Kowall, et al.
John J. Bursch — Bursch Law PLLC, Petitioner
U.S. Term Limits
Edward Dean Greim — Graves Garrett LLC, Amicus