Marc
Shulman for Supreme Court
2040 Crooks Road;
Troy, MI 48084 Phone:248-343-4842
Marc Shulman, Former House Appropriations Chair, Announces for Michigan Supreme Court
Seeks GOP Nomination to Oppose Justice Cavanagh
LANSING, MI — Former State Rep. Marc Shulman (R.-West Bloomfield), who chaired the powerful House Appropriations Committee from 2001 until 2005 before he was term-limited out of office, announced today that he is seeking the Republican nomination for the Michigan Supreme Court.
“As a practicing attorney for more than 25 years, as a former Special Assistant Attorney General, as a former state representative, and most importantly as a husband and father, I have worked hard to make Michigan a better, safer state for all of us,” said Shulman. “Now, I want to use my experience and my legal expertise to serve as a Justice on the Michigan Supreme Court.”
If nominated by the Republican Convention in August, Shulman will run with Justice Maura Corrigan, who is up for re-election this year. Shulman would be running to replace the other incumbent running for re-election, Democrat Michael Cavanagh.
“Running for the Michigan Supreme Court is a high honor,” said Shulman. “It is also a great responsibility. Chief Justice Clifford Taylor and Justices Maura Corrigan, Stephen Markman, Elizabeth Weaver, and Robert Young make up the most significant high court in any state in the nation. They have chosen not to make law but to interpret law. This marks a real change in the direction of our Court. I want to join them in the cause for which they have worked so hard.”
Shulman addressed Democrats who have criticized the Court for siding with business interests over the interests of regular people.
“In Michigan, we no longer have a Court where judges think that it is their prerogative to decide important policy questions,” said Shulman. “The majority on the Court understands the constitutional role of the judiciary.”
Shulman also discussed criticisms from judicial activists and campaign tactics they have used.
“Naturally, judicial activists in Michigan have been unhappy with our Supreme Court,” said Shulman. “They had grown accustomed to winning court rulings that they couldn’t achieve through the democratic and representative process of government. Every time there is a state Supreme Court election, these activists are on the prowl, seeking to restore those good old days. This year will be no exception. We cannot lower our guard should the Fiegers of the trial bar raise and spend large amounts of money in hopes of altering the election by an eleventh hour sneak attack.”
Shulman said he is going to campaign around the state for the nomination and election.
“I am going to travel all over Michigan, standing up for the judicial principles that have made the Michigan Supreme Court the most respected high court in the country,” said Shulman. “I will stand up for the victim, not the criminal. I will stand up for fairness, not for ‘making law from the bench’,” said Shulman.
Shulman, 54, served on the West Bloomfield Board of Trustees prior to his election to the Michigan House in 1998.
His legal career spans more than 25 years. After graduating from law school, he was a Law Clerk to a Federal District Court Judge. Shulman served as a Special Assistant Attorney General for 10 years, intervening to help Medicaid abuse.
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He and his wife Lois have four daughters. (DO YOU WANT TO PUT THAT YOU ARE A LONG-TIME RESIDENT OF WEST BLOOMFIELD?)
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