At a Glance

 Historical Society holds annual luncheon

The annual membership luncheon of the Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society will be held on Thursday, April 10 at the Detroit Athletic Club.

The event, scheduled to begin with a short reception at 11:30 a.m., will feature a legal vignette entitled, “Arrogance or Vigilance: Michigan’s High Court Says No to Absentee Voting for Civil War Soldiers.” 

The cost per person is $40.00. The club is located at 241 Madison Avenue in Detroit.

For more information or to make reservations, contact Carrie Pickett at 517.373.7589.

A nonprofit organization, the society preserves documents, records and memorabilia relating to the Michigan Supreme Court. 

It also produces publications, special events and other projects to achieve its goals in education and restoration.

 

Priest, acquaintance face trials in fund theft

DETROIT (AP) — A Catholic priest and an acquaintance have requested jury trials in the theft of money from a fund set up to help poor people in Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park.
The Wayne County prosecutor’s office says the Rev. Timothy Kane and Dorreca Brewer were arraigned recently on embezzlement charges.
 
Kane became a priest in 1982.

Prosecutors say the pair approved false applications for the Angel Fund and pocketed thousands of dollars over four years.

The fund had been run by the Archdiocese of Detroit and granted more than $17 million to needy people since 2005. It had paid for rent, medicine, overdue utility bills and other necessities.
 

Court declines to hear dispute over mine

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has declined to intervene in a dispute over construction of a new nickel and copper mine in Upper Michigan.
 
The justices on Monday rejected an appeal from an outdoor sporting club that claims the mine will spoil the environment.

The Huron Mountain Club has been challenging the Eagle Mine in state and federal courts. The club owns 19,000 acres, including land that comes within 3.3 miles of the mine. Some mining will take place under the Salmon Trout River and area wetlands.

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had turned aside the club’s arguments that the mine needs federal permits.
 

High court rejects early appeal of surveillance ruling

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined an early look at a constitutional challenge to the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of millions of Americans’ telephone records.
Conservative lawyer Larry Klayman persuaded a federal judge in December to rule that the agency’s activities likely violate the Constitution’s ban on unreasonable searches. 
 
The justices on Monday rejected Klayman’s unusual request to bypass the traditional appeals process and hear the case immediately.

Klayman says the case is too important to wait for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to reach a decision. The district court judge granted an injunction against the NSA, but put it on hold pending a government appeal.

The Obama administration has defended the NSA program as a crucial tool against terrorism.
 

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