KOWALL v. BENSON

No. 21-1129.

18 F.4th 542 (2021)

Mike KOWALL; Roger Kahn; Paul Opsommer; Joseph Haveman; David E. Nathan; Scott Dianda; Clark Harder; Mary Valentine; Douglas Spade; Mark S. Meadows, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Jocelyn BENSON, in her official capacity as Secretary of State, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John J. Bursch , BURSCH LAW PLLC, Caledonia, Michigan, for Appellants. Erik A. Grill , OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: John J. Bursch , BURSCH LAW PLLC, Caledonia, Michigan, Christopher M. Trebilcock , CLARK HILL PLC, Detroit, Michigan, Charles R. Spies , Robert L. Avers , DICKINSON WRIGHT PLC, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Appellants. Erik A. Grill , Heather S. Meingast , OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee. Timothy A. La Sota , TIMOTHY A. LA SOTA, PLC, Phoenix, Arizona, for Amicus Curiae.

Before: GILMAN, THAPAR, and NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

At the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin made the case for term limits. He argued that "in free governments, the rulers are the servants, and the people their superiors and sovereigns. For the former therefore to return among the latter was not to degrade, but to promote them." 2...

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