LANSING, Mich. (July 31, 2024) – Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) has issued the following statement regarding today’s Supreme Court decision regarding “adopt-and-amend” legislative strategies used by the then-Republican legislative majority in 2018:
“Our legal team will be reviewing the Supreme Court’s decision over the following days.
“Here’s what I know to be true: the Legislature has a responsibility to uphold the will of the people. Additionally, the people of Michigan deserve clarity. The then-Republican majority made a deceitful bait-and-switch on the very people they were sworn to serve, and this lengthy battle was caused by their tactics.
“Regardless, today marks a new chapter where legislators and residents alike will have a clear understanding of the citizen initiative process.”
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