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    April 08, 2025

    Feature

    1. 2025 LAWBreaks students take on criminal justice and environmental projects
    2. Supreme Court overturns precedent on litigating bad-faith refusals to settle in garnishment proceedings
    3. Counselor's Corner: The treasure of the present moment
    4. MSU professor’s report reveals nearly 150 exonerations in 2024
    5. Daily Briefs
    6. Supporting Role: Varnum lawyer joins board of the Opera Grand Rapids

    Business

    1. Answering your questions about President Trump’s vast new tariffs Trump’s higher rates would hit foreign entities that sell more goods to the U.S. than they buy
    2. AI isn’t what we should be worried about – it’s the humans controlling it
    3. The trade deficit isn’t an emergency – it’s a sign of America’s strength
    4. Podcast looks into empowering individuals with legal tune up

    Courts

    1. Mother who killed 2 of her children to go on trial over death of her estranged husband
    2. Prosecutors seek 7 years in prison for disgraced ex-US Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case
    3. Civil protection order portal project aims to improve process for survivors of domestic violence
    4. Court Digest

    Column

    1. The Trump administration says Tren de Aragua is a terrorist group – but it’s really a transnational criminal organization
    2. How a lone judge can block a Trump order nationwide – and why, from DACA to DOGE, this judicial check on presidents’ power is shaping how the government works

    Nation

    1. State Supreme Courts have become an electoral battleground. But some states choose a different path
    2. Bill would compensate the wrongfully convicted and let Trump recover costs of election case
    3. National Roundup