AgriPac applauds nomination of Robert Young for Michigan Supreme Court
(Released Aug. 27, 2010)
Contact: Sarah Black, (800) 292-2680, ext. 2040
LANSING, Aug. 27, 2010 - The Michigan Farm Bureau (MFB) is hopeful that today's nomination by the Republican State Party of Justice Robert Young for the Michigan Supreme Court will herald the return of a "Rule of Law Court" for the people of Michigan.
"The Michigan Farm Bureau (MFB) and its political action committee AgriPac commend the delegates at the Republican Party State Convention for nominating Justice Robert Young to serve another term on the state's highest court of law, the Michigan Supreme Court," said Sarah Black, AgriPac secretary and director of the MFB Public Policy and Commodity Division.
"Justice Young is endorsed by AgriPac as a Friend of Agriculture because he shares the core values of Michigan farmers and can be trusted to strictly interpret the written law and apply it to everyone equally, rather than making law from the bench," said Black. "This philosophy is of utmost importance to Michigan farmers who expect and demand predictable law and certainty."
With Young at the helm and his Rule of Law approach, Michigan citizens are guaranteed that statutes and the state Constitution will be followed according to their plain meaning, said Black. "With an 'Empathy Court' citizens never know how the law will be applied because judges are more concerned with which party deserves to win," she said.
Young has also proven to be a champion for preserving private property rights, an issue that is of key concern to Farm Bureau members and a hallmark of farmer-developed MFB policy.
"Justice Young agrees that the government's eminent domain rights are limited to properties that will be put to a public use. Like Farm Bureau, he vehemently opposes private property be taken from residents and transferred to another citizen or private corporation for their own profit," said Black.
"It's in Michigan's best interest to keep Robert Young on the Michigan Supreme Court and the Michigan Farm Bureau looks forward to helping him get elected this fall," added Black.
AgriPac is the non-partisan political action committee of MFB, the state's largest general farm organization encompassing nearly a half-million voters. Friends of Agriculture represent qualified candidates who have demonstrated basic beliefs and/or actions consistent with farmer-developed MFB policy.
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