Legal Opinion · Dissent

Grievance Administrator v. Fieger

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided July 31, 2006No. Docket 127547Published

1DissentCavanagh, J.

As the Attorney Discipline Board (ADB) has before explained, indeed, in the context of offensive remarks made by this very respondent,

[flew if any members of the Michigan judiciary will be cowed by such outbursts.... [0]ur system of justice is not put at risk if these statements are not censored. The public and the profession can express their revulsion at such crudity, while at the same time feeling pride in belonging to a society that allows its expression. If we write rules governing speech to quell such antics, then we will have truly lost our bearings. The judiciary is not so fragile. It…

2Cases cited50 opinions

  1. Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. MyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  5. In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948

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