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<title>U.S. Politics Today: Michigan Constitution News</title>
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<title>Editorial: Don&apos;t delay governor&apos;s mayoral removal hearing</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185555414</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 05:17 GMT</pubDate>
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...  settlement agreement by the mayor&apos;s staffers and lawyers. But there is nothing in the Michigan Constitution that guarantees that public officials facing criminal charges get to retain their offices pending  ...
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<title>Judge to hear request Friday to halt Kilpatrick hearing</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185545490</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 04:36 GMT</pubDate>
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...  City Council is requesting Kilpatrick be removed from office under a provision in the Michigan Constitution that allows a governor to evict officials for misconduct. The mayor is accused of  ...
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<title>Mayoral Lawyers File Lawsuit Against Governor</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185538521</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 03:08 GMT</pubDate>
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...  City Council is requesting Kilpatrick be removed from office under a provision in the Michigan Constitution that allows a governor to evict officials for misconduct. The mayor is accused of  ...
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<title>Kilpatrick&apos;s Lawyers File Court Order To Stop Gov.&apos;s Removal Hearings</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185528037</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 01:32 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  City Council is requesting Kilpatrick be removed from office under a provision in the Michigan Constitution that allows a governor to evict officials for misconduct. The mayor is accused of  ...
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<title>Governor can&apos;t escape Detroit controversy</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185527705</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 01:30 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  City Council is requesting Kilpatrick be removed from office under a provision in the Michigan Constitution that allows a governor to bounce officials for misconduct. The mayor is accused of  ...
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<title>Judge will hear request to stop mayor&apos;s hearing</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185527703</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 01:30 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  City Council is requesting Kilpatrick be removed from office under a provision in the Michigan Constitution that allows a governor to evict officials for misconduct. The mayor is accused of  ...
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<title>Michigan Supreme Court will hear appeal of government reform proposal</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185518744</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 23:59 GMT</pubDate>
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...  is not qualified for the ballot because it is a &quot;general revision&quot; of the Michigan Constitution. That responsibility can only be undertaken at a constitutional convention, the judges ruled. ...
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<title>Detroit mayor, trying to save his political life, sues governor to stop removal hearing</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185518343</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 23:57 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  Gov. Jennifer Granholm scheduled next week&apos;s hearing under a rarely used provision of the Michigan Constitution that allows the governor to evict officials for misconduct. Kilpatrick&apos;s political life is threatened  ...
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<title>Trying to stop removal hearing, Detroit mayor sues</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185515689</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 23:34 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  Gov. Jennifer Granholm scheduled next week&apos;s hearing under a rarely used provision of the Michigan Constitution that allows the governor to evict officials for misconduct. Kilpatrick&apos;s political life is threatened  ...
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<title>Attorneys discuss Detroit mayor&apos;s removal hearing</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185484792</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 19:57 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  The council is requesting Kilpatrick be removed from office under a provision in the Michigan Constitution that allows a governor to evict officials for misconduct. The mayor is accused of  ...
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<title>Attorneys Hash Out Detroit Mayor Removal Hearing Rules</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185482067</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 19:34 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  The council is requesting Kilpatrick be removed from office under a provision in the Michigan Constitution that allows a governor to evict officials for misconduct. The mayor is accused of  ...
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<title>Hearing could oust Detroit mayor</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185264951</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 16:27 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  Kwame Kilpatrick now finds his political future strapped to a little-used provision in the Michigan Constitution that allows a governor to evict an elected official for misconduct. A fellow Democrat,  ...
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<title>Hearing set for mayor&apos;s possible ouster</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185251886</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 14:55 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  Kwame Kilpatrick now finds his political future strapped to a little-used provision in the Michigan Constitution that allows a governor to evict an elected official for misconduct. A fellow Democrat,  ...
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<title>Detroit mayor has strained relationship with Michigan governor holding his ouster hearing</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185220805</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 11:17 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Granholm&apos;s office confirmed Tuesday that the governor would employ a little-used provision in the Michigan Constitution to determine whether Kilpatrick duped the Detroit City Council into endorsing a settlement with  ...
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<title>Mich. governor, Detroit mayor have strained past</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185212142</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 10:19 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  Granholm&apos;s office confirmed Tuesday that the governor would employ a little-used provision in the Michigan Constitution to determine whether Kilpatrick duped the Detroit City Council into endorsing a settlement with  ...
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