TitleInterview with Michigan Supreme Court Justice Thomas E. Brennan (part 2)
CreatorBrennan, Thomas E.
InstitutionMichigan State University
SubjectMichigan Supreme Court
SubjectBrennan, Thomas E.
SubjectNULL
Item NumberJA02a016
RelationNULL
Type
text, sound
Formatmp3
DescriptionInterview conducted by Roger F. Lane for the Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society. Justice Brennan discusses the impact of the Boykin vs. Alabama U.S. Supreme Court case on Michigan court cases; the 1972 case of Governor vs. State Treasurer in 1972; judicial activism and the prospective vs. retroactive changing of Common Law; whether Catholicism is an issue in performing his public duties and the role of conscience in government. Justice Brennan also discusses making decisions by law or by conscience in a judicial context. He discusses the case of Dorothy Riley, a Michigan Supreme Court Justice, and his attempts to prevent her removal from the court; the establishment of Cooley Law School in Lansing; and his activities after leaving the Court in 1973.
