The Michigan Supreme Court says the state must stop putting people on the sex-offender registry if their crime was not sexual.

Elizabeth Clement is the new chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court.

LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Supreme Court on Monday upheld a law that gives public money to private schools to comply with health and safety orders. The court's decision was 3-3, which means an opinion in favor of private schools by the state appeals court will stand. Rick Snyder's administration conflicts with the Michigan Constitution, which says “no public monies or property” can be used to “aid or maintain” private schools. “Simply stated, the aid provided to nonpublic schools ... is of a ‘direct’ nature,” they said. “The legislation appropriates public monies for one specific purpose: to pay that money directly to nonpublic schools.

Not someone who is simply told to report for jury duty, the Michigan Supreme Court said Tuesday as it overturned the jury tampering conviction of a man in western Michigan. He told two women they could choose their conscience over the law if they were picked to serve on a jury. Wood was charged with jury tampering, under a 1955 law, and convicted of a misdemeanor. In a dissenting opinion, Justice David Viviano said the majority’s opinion was an “absurd result,” quoting from a 2015 court decision in a tampering case in Maine. Attorney David Kallman also made a free speech argument on behalf of Wood, but the court decided the case on other grounds.