Michigan Supreme Court Committee Scrubs DEI From Name, Duties

The Michigan Supreme Court rebranded its diversity, equity, and inclusion commission, with one of its co-chairing justices writing that the acronym associated with the concept became a “political lightning rod.”

The formerly-named Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Michigan Judiciary is now named the Commission on Fairness and Public Trust in the Michigan Judiciary. The change from the court, which liberals control 6-1, was made via an amended administrative order issued Nov. 26.

The new order, which heavily revises the one the justices approved in 2022 when it created the commission, scrubs all references to DEI and related ...