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Griffin Policy Forum
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Park Library Auditorium
7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
Public Reception
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Park Library
Baber Room
6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Discussion
Topics
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Why is the Michigan Constitution
longer than the U.S. Constitution adopted more than 200 years
ago?
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Michigan citizens are scheduled
to vote in 2010 on whether we need a new Constitutional
Convention. Is that too long to wait?
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Is our current state
constitution outdated? Has it become too loaded down with
amendments adopted by voters over the years?
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Should our state constitution
contain language relating to issues such as affirmative action, gay
marriage, and abortion that may more properly belong under the
jurisdiction of the federal government?
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Is it too easy to amend our
state constitution?
Forum Panelists
 John Axe
Chairman,
Citizens for Michigan
 Emily
Broderick, ’05
Student, University of
Michigan Law School
 Tony
Derezinski
Former state
senator (D-Muskegon)
Director of
Government Relations, Michigan Association of School Boards
 Bob LaBrant,
JD, CCE
Senior Vice President for
Political Affairs and General Counsel,
Michigan
Chamber of Commerce
Moderator
Bill Ballenger
Griffin Endowed Chair in
American Government, Central Michigan University
Editor, Inside Michigan
Politics
Parking
Free parking is available in Lots 27, 18, and 15. Visit
http://map.cmich.edu for more
information.
Event
Sponsors
The Griffin Policy
Forums are hosted twice yearly by the Robert and
Marjorie Griffin Endowed Chair in American
Government, the
College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral
Sciences, and the Department of Political Science at
Central Michigan University.
About the
Griffin Endowed Chair
The
Griffin Endowed Chair in
American Government at Central Michigan University
was established through generous gifts from alumni,
faculty and friends of the university. It provides
continuing support to fund the salary and associated
costs of a government and public policy expert to serve
as a faculty member in the Political Science department
and to host twice yearly forums addressing public policy
issues.
The endowment is named to
recognize the significant public service and
contributions of distinguished CMU alumni
Robert P. and
Marjorie Griffin. Robert Griffin, '47, is a former
U.S. Senator, and his wife, Marjorie, '44, is a former
Clarke Historical Library board member.
Media
Links
Inside CMU
Morning
Sun
CM-Life Article 4-13-07
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