Granholm politicizes Supreme Court

August 26, 2010

Lansing, MI— Jennifer Granholm announced her intention to appoint Fourth District Court of Appeals Judge Alton T. Davis to the Michigan Supreme Court, following Justice Elizabeth Weaver’s resignation.

“Michigan residents deserve a qualified judge, not a politician in a robe,” said Michigan Republican Party Director of Communications Jennifer Hoff. “The Supreme Court is supposed to act as an objective observer and defender of the Constitution. Packing the court with partisan hacks to support her own radical, failed agenda on her way out the door is contradictory to Granholm’s role as governor.”

Davis has a long history of Democratic political activities, including serving as the Chairman of the Crawford County Democratic Party.

In the last four years, Davis made campaign contributions to Jennifer Granholm on multiple occasions and to the Democrat Party. This year alone, Davis gave to Granholm’s Lieutenant Governor John Cherry’s failed gubernatorial campaign, and to ultra-liberal State Representative candidate Jeff Irwin.

“Jennifer Granholm is pushing her ideology on Michigan residents,” Hoff continued. “Justice Weaver’s resignation offered her an opportunity to appoint a bipartisan judge to finish the last few months of the term and to look classy doing it. Instead, the Governor and the Democrat Party are trying to pack the Court and control it for the next decade.

“The Supreme Court should be defending rights, not rewriting and eliminating them to fit an agenda.”