Legal Opinion
Rhodes v. Snyder
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided March 28, 2018No. Case No. 17-cv-14186PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MARK A. GOLDSMITH, United States District Judge
Plaintiffs ask that this Court order Defendant Governor Richard Snyder to hold the election to fill out the balance of Congressman John Conyers Jr.'s term on an earlier schedule than the one the Governor established. The United States Constitution requires a state's governor to call an election to fill vacancies in that state's representation in the United States House of Representatives, thereby ensuring that its "[m]embers [are] chosen ... by the People of the several States." U.S. Const. art. I, § 2, cl. 1. But the Constitution accords…
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