Comments on: Michigan Supreme Court Justice Robert Young

By: November 1 roundup

November 1 roundup — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:00:18 +0000

[…] race: “Dems cross the line with bigoted Supreme Court ad” [Stephen Henderson, Freep; earlier on attacks on Justice Robert […]

By: Why Robert Young is Wrong for Michigan

Why Robert Young is Wrong for Michigan — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 06:09:34 +0000

Why do you keep calling Justice Young “conservative”, he is not. Young is quite active in aggressively interpreting statues to benefit his constituents, Big Business and Big Insurance. He is not conservative, and is intellectually dishonest when the same strict interpretation rules are applied against his cronies’ interests. The legislature meanwhile is forced to repeatedly rewrite laws which Young and the former majority of Four rewrite. Like that the Michigan Consumer Protection Act doesn’t apply to any licensed occupations. This after 30 years of the Michigan Courts saying it did. IS THAT CONSEVRATIVE or RULE OF LAW or justice for sale to the highest bidder. IT SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT WE THE PEOPLE, not THEM, BIG BUSINESS and BIG INSURANCE.

By: Carter

Carter — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:25:42 +0000

We shouldn’t reward the delivers and financers of these ugly, dishonest attacks by surrendering to the often-rigged system of judicial “merit” selection that allows them to achieve their goals outside of the public eye.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:36:04 +0000

About 8 years ago, there was a scandal in Wayne County, Michigan (that’s Detroit), in which the circuit court judges were leaving after lunch on Friday or not scheduling anything. Justice Young and his staff showed up unannounced at 4:30 at the little courthouse I was practicing at. Fortunately, for all, we had a hearing that was still going on. Justice Young pressed the flesh and told everyone to keep up the good work, and left satisfied that the judges at this courthouse weren’t messing around.

By: valhawk

valhawk — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 03:50:45 +0000

This seems like a clear case of Libel to me. I mean the statement of the contents of the photo is false and intended to deceive, plus there is a clear intent to defame in order to cause his defeat at the polls.

I know it’s tough for a public figure to make a libel case, but this is particularly egregious and clear defamation, it seems almost textbook to me.

By: Smart Dude

Smart Dude — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:58:41 +0000

The democrat party in Michigan must have hired Alan Grayson’s notorious advertising agency with such preposterously (and easily disproven) dishonest ads.

I love where Michigan Supreme Court Justice Robert Young blinks for less than on second, with the captured image purporting to show him sound asleep on the bench. Judge Young is clearly eloquent and insightful in the video clips misused by the democrats, making their dishonesty even more laughably blatant.

By: Black Death

Black Death — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:03:15 +0000

I have no problem with (so-called) non-partisan judicial elections. But if you think the federal system of appointment and lifetime tenure is superior, look at this:

http://www.city-journal.org/2010/eon1024hm.html

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:15:08 +0000

All the ad’s that I’ve seen for Bob Young playing in Metro Detroit are are tagged by the Republican party. We (the voters of the state) should stop the pretense and openly admit that Judicial elections are not non-partisan.

Alex