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Democracy Now on the court case against Michigan’s Emergency Financial Managers

By Mark | June 23, 2011

Yesterday, a lawsuit was brought by Detroit’s Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice, challenging the legality of Michigan’s Emergency Financial Manager Act, which, as you will recall, gives the State the power to fire locally elected officials, replacing them with appointees (Czars) empowered to sell local assets, invalidate agreements, and […]

Posted in Detroit, Michigan | Also tagged Amy Goodman, Andy Dillon, Constitution, corporate takeover of politics, coup d’état, Czars, Democracy Now, Emergency Financial Manager, financial martial law, Georgia, Ingham County Circuit Court, John Philo, Kym Spring, Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice, Naomi Klein, privatization, racism, Rick Snyder, right to vote, Rosemarie Aquilina, Sandy Springs, the Emergency Financial Manager Act, threats to Democracy | 10 Comments

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