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Michelle MacDonald v. Steve Simon, Minnesota Secretary of State
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Minnesota, No. A24-1022 · judgment October 16, 2024
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Question presented
The questions presented is: Is an election law, requiring proof that judicial candidates have state law licenses in order to qualify as “learned in the law”, pursuant to the Minnesota Constitution, unconstitutional and, therefore, invalid pursuant to Marbury v. Maddison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803) and its prodigy?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Michelle Lowney MacDonald Shimota
Law & Mediation - Offices of Michelle MacDonald
For respondent
Nathan J. Hartshorn
Office of the Minnesota Attorney General
Case
Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, March 24, 2025 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Mar 24 2025Petition DENIED.
- Mar 05 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/21/2025.
- Feb 19 2025Waiver of right of respondent Steve Simon, Minnesota Secretary of State to respond filed.
- Jan 29 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 14, 2025)