No. 25A402

Andrew Hess v. Oakland County, Michigan, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-07
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: election-recount first-amendment hyperbole michigan-statute political-speech terrorist-threat
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment DueProcess SecondAmendment FourthAmendment Securities JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether Michigan Compiled Laws § 750.543m, facially and as applied to Applicant's speech, violates the First Amendment.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state statute criminalizing alleged 'terrorist threats' violates the First Amendment when applied to political hyperbole made in a public setting without an imminent threat of harm

Docket Entries

2025-10-20
Reply of applicant Andrew Hess filed.
2025-10-20
Application (25A402) denied by Justice Kavanaugh.
2025-10-17
Response to application from respondent Oakland County, MI, et al. filed.
2025-10-10
Response to application (25A402) requested by Justice Kavanaugh, due by 4 p.m. (EDT), on October 17, 2025.
2025-10-03
Application (25A402) for writ of injunction, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Andrew Hess
Robert Joseph MuiseAmerican Freedom Law Center, Petitioner
Oakland County, MI, et al.
Cynthia Michelle FilipovichClark Hill PLC, Respondent