Events and Presentations of Interest

Please join API in supporting an Equal Rights Amendment petition that was launched on Alice Paul’s birthday, January 11th. The petition needed a total of 25,000 signatures by February 10th! Almost 30,000 signatures have been received.

If a petition reaches the total number of signatures needed, it will be presented to the White House staff. In turn, they will review it and ensure that it’s sent to the appropriate policy experts who will issue an official response.

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A task force says electing Michigan Supreme Court justices should not be as partisan, or as much about money, as other political offices. But according to one watchdog group, last year the Michigan Supreme Court campaign was the most expensive, most secretive judicial election in America. Several recommendations to get some of the politics and secret money out of the Supreme Court elections were ignored by the legislature last year.

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State judges rule on most legal cases, but some argue campaign funding for judicial candidates leads to bias.

Recorded: February 8, 2013:
A Tale of Two Cities - Dearborn & Dearborn Heights

http://cdtv.pegcentral.com/player.php?video=dc949462f5ee1e77b9c7687f86b54996

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THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION

THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION
Detroit Public Television Presentations

http://thecenterformichigan.net/articles/events/

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