Court Tosses Ex-Michigan Governor’s Flint Water Indictment (2)

A unanimous Michigan Supreme Court tossed on procedural grounds the criminal indictments of former Gov. Rick Snyder and other officials prosecutors have charged with crimes related to the water crisis in Flint, Mich.

While the suit wasn’t brought by Snyder (R), the ruling undermines his indictment, as well as the charges against potentially eight other state and local Flint officials. It means that the criminal process for Flint prosecutions must restart for a second time.

The procedural ruling held that Michigan’s “one-man grand jury” system in which a state judge—instead of a grand jury made up of citizens—reviewed evidence can’t ...