Last week, Governor Rick Snyder named Macomb County Chief Circuit Judge David Viviano to the Michigan Supreme Court. Viviano replaces former justice Diane Hathaway, who resigned in January under a cloud of scandal pertaining to her involvement in a fraudulent real estate deal. Viviano has worked as a city attorney and was also a Republican nominee for Macomb County prosecutor.
Ron Bretz, chair of the Criminal Law and Procedure Department at Cooley Law School and a longtime Michigan Supreme Court watcher, discusses the new dynamics of Michigan's highest court.