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Humility in Environmental Law
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Nov 12 2012
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Humility in Environmental Law

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John Copeland Nagle
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Environmental Law & Property Rights
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Thomas M. Cooley - Grand Rapids Student Chapter
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Originalism and the Constitution
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Originalism and the Constitution

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The Judicial Role: Myths & Realities
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The Judicial Role: Myths & Realities

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Steve J. Markman
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John Copeland Nagle

John Copeland Nagle

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Mary Beth Kelly

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Steve J. Markman

Steve J. Markman

Justice, Michigan Supreme Court

Biography

Stephen Markman was appointed Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court on October 1, 1999.  He served as the Chief Justice from 2017-2019.  Before his appointment, he served as Judge on the Michigan Court of Appeals from 1995-1999. Prior to this, he practiced law with the firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone in Detroit.

From 1989-1993, Justice Markman served as United States Attorney, or federal prosecutor, in Michigan, after having been nominated by President George H. W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate. From 1985-1989, he served as Assistant Attorney General of the United States, after having been nominated by President Ronald Reagan and confirmed by the United States Senate. In that position, he headed the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Policy, which served as the principal policy development office within the Department, and which coordinated the federal judicial selection process. Prior to this, he served for seven years as Chief Counsel of the United States Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, and as Deputy Chief Counsel of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee.

Justice Markman has authored articles for such publications as the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, the Detroit College of Law Review, the Stanford Law Review, the University of Chicago Law Review, the American Criminal Justice Law Review, the Barrister’s Law Journal, the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, and the American University Law Review. He has also served as a contributing editor of National Review magazine, and has authored chapters in such books as “In the Name of Justice: The Aims of the Criminal Law,” “Still the Law of the Land,” and “Originalism: A Quarter Century of Debate.”

Justice Markman has taught constitutional law at Hillsdale College since 1993.  He has served on the Board of Directors of the Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School.  He traveled to Ukraine on two occasions on behalf of the State Department, to provide assistance in the development of that nation’s post-Soviet constitution. He is a Fellow of the Michigan Bar Foundation, a Master of the Bench of the Inns of Court, and a member of the One Hundred Club.  He has spoken before hundreds of youth, civic, charitable, and legal groups throughout Michigan and nationally, and has coached Little League baseball and basketball.  He lives with his wife Mary Kathleen in Mason, and has two sons, James and Charles.

Justice Markman was re-elected to the Supreme Court in 2000, 2004, and 2012. His present term expires January 1, 2021.

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