Court Opinion

ID: 9504225
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 19:55:56.884478+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:03:55.132102
License: Public Domain

The request by the House of Representatives for an advisory opinion on the constitutionality of the photo identification requirements contained in 2005 PA 71 is considered, and it is granted. The clerk is directed to schedule oral argument and submission as a calendar case. The question submitted is: Do the photo identification requirements of § 523 of 2005 PA 71, MCL 168.523, on their face, violate either the Michigan Constitution or the United States Constitution?
The Attorney General is respectfully requested to, within 84 days of the date of this order, submit separate briefs arguing that the photo identification requirements of 2005 PA 71 are, and are not, constitutional. The Michigan Department of State Bureau of Elections, the Michigan Democratic Party, and the Michigan Republican Party are invited to file briefs amicus curiae. Other persons or groups interested in the determination of the question presented in this matter may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae on either or both sides of the submitted question.
Cavanagh, J. I would decline to issue an advisory opinion.