Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
August 28, 2012 Robert P. Young, Jr.,
Chief Justice
145748 & (73) Michael F. Cavanagh
Marilyn Kelly
Stephen J. Markman
Diane M. Hathaway
Mary Beth Kelly
PROTECT OUR JOBS, Brian K. Zahra,
Plaintiff-Appellee, Justices
v SC: 145748
COA: 311828
BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS,
Defendant-Appellee,
and
CITIZENS PROTECTING MICHIGAN’S
CONSTITUTION,
Intervening Defendant-Appellant.
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On order of the Court, the motion for immediate consideration is GRANTED.
The application for leave to appeal the August 27, 2012 judgment and order of the Court
of Appeals is considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.302(H)(1), in lieu of granting leave to
appeal, we DIRECT the Clerk to schedule oral argument on August 30, 2012, at 2:00
p.m., on whether to grant the application or take other peremptory action. At oral
argument the parties shall include among the issues addressed whether the republication
requirement of Const 1963, art 12, § 2 and MCL 168.482(3), requiring that petitions set
forth any other existing provisions of the constitution that would be altered or abrogated
by the proposed amendment, has been satisfied.
I, Corbin R. Davis, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the
foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court.
August 28, 2012 _________________________________________
t0828 Clerk