LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – One of the goals that State Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack has embarked on is to close the “civil justice gap” in Michigan’s judicial system.
When she became the state’s top elected jurist last year, the first-term Democrat from Ann Arbot helped establish the “Justice for All Task Force” to “work toward achieving 100 percent access to our civil justice system,” according to a statement from the Supreme Court office.
“The Michigan Supreme Court is charged, by the Constitution, with administering the courts of the state,” McCormack explained during a Monday interview on “WHTC Morning News,” “and that means making sure that everybody can get justice. When one side is represented and not the other, it’s hard to do that.”
In an effort to what the High Court office says is “inventorying available resources and identifying gaps” in order to “develop and implement a comprehensive plan to fill those gaps,” the Task Force will hold the first of two “town hall meetings” this coming Friday, February 14th, at 10 AM in the the Grand Rapids Center for Community Transformation on Madison Avenue.
