I never had the chance to meet Ward Churchill. I first read him in the early 90s at Michigan in a Native Studies class taught by Estevan Rael-Galvez. Estevan assigned this book, one the featured Ward heavily:
I liked
Ward Churchill Dies
Army Corps Approves Line 5 Tunnel Permit Beneath Straits of Mackinac Despite Tribal Opposition
Yesterday, on August 12, USACE granted Enbridge a Clean Water Act section 404 permit for the proposed four-mile tunnel to house Line 5 under the Straits of Mackinac. The Record of Decision is here. The Corps stated its review
Michigan Expands Brownfield and Commercial Redevelopment Incentives
On July 22, 2026, Governor Whitmer signed three bipartisan bills, Senate Bills 721, 722, and 723, that expand Michigan’s brownfield and commercial redevelopment incentive programs. The new laws increase the amount of tax revenue under the Transformational Brownfield Program, make
Kastenberg on Historians and Expert Witnesses in the Ford Libel Case
Joshua E. Kastenberg, University of New Mexico School of Law, has published “Ford is an Anarchist” and “History is Bunk”: William Archibald Dunning and Jesse Siddall Reeves as Precedent for the First Professional Historians Testifying as Expert Witnesses in
FDA Has Seventeen Open Outbreak Investigations, 7,324 Sick and Three Dead. USDA Lists Three for All of 2026 and Marks Every One of Them Closed.
Two federal pages carry the running account of what is making Americans sick right now. One is FDA’s Investigations of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks table. The other is USDA’s Outbreak Investigations: Response table at the Food Safety and Inspection Service. Neither
Fed. Dist. Court Dismisses Summary Judgment Motion on RLUIPA Claim Regarding Special Permit Application Request for a Prayer Campus
This post was authored by Luke Jenkins, Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsber Law Center
Plaintiffs, a corporation and its director, brought suit against the Charter Township of Genoa and its ordinance officer alleging the denial of its requested special land
The Dykema Drives Automotive Legal Summit Is Just Around the Corner
Legal departments today are navigating an increasingly varied set of challenges, often at the intersection of law, technology, business, and risk. This year’s Summit will take on four timely areas: crisis management, connected vehicles, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, and high-exposure
Court Grants Reconsideration in Free Exercise Challenge to School’s Policy on Student Social Transitioning
In Mead v. Rockford Public School District, (WD MI, Aug. 7, 2026), a Michigan federal district court granted a motion for reconsideration of its earlier decision which held that parents’ free exercise rights are not violated by a school’s
Yeargain on State Constitutional Checks on McCarthy-Era Investigations
Quinn Yeargain, Michigan State University College of Law, has published “Anti-McCarthyism and the Right to ‘Fair and Just Treatment’ in State Constitutions” in the Kansas Law Review 74 (April 2026): 611-653. From the introduction:In two states . . .
6th Circuit: Inmate’s Requests to Observe Ramadan Fast Did Not Meet Requirements of Prison Rules
In Perry v. Curtis, (6th Cir., Aug. 5, 2026), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a RLUIPA claim by a Michigan inmate who was denied arrangements for a religious fast for the last 10