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Whitmer v. Linderman | In re Executive Message (Governor v. Prosecuting Attorneys)

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Summary

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer filed the lawsuit—which seeks to invalidate a 91-year-old Michigan law that prohibits the providing of abortions—on the premise that the U.S. Supreme Court might overturn Roe v. Wade later this year. The defendants are 13 county prosecutors in jurisdictions with abortion clinics.

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State Supreme Court
4/22/2022
State Supreme Court
4/22/2022

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John Bursch
John Bursch
Senior Counsel, Vice President of Appellate Advocacy
John Bursch is senior counsel and vice president of appellate advocacy with Alliance Defending Freedom. Bursch has argued 12 U.S. Supreme Court cases and three dozen state supreme court cases, and he has successfully litigated six matters with at least $1 billion at stake.