[WSJ]Michigan Financial-Manager Law Faces New Challenge

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By KATE LINEBAUGH DETROIT—A Michigan law that broadened the state's power to intervene in financially troubled municipalities and school districts faces a fresh challenge as a left-leaning activist law center filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging the statute violates the state constitution.
The law, signed by Republican Gov. Rick Snyder in March, allows the state to appoint emergency financial managers to take over ailing cities, towns and school districts in place of elected officials.
On Wednesday, 28 Michigan citizens organized by the Sugar Law Center in Detroit filed a lawsuit in Ingham County Court against the governor and the state treasurer alleging the statute violates the state constitution because it effectively eliminates citizens' rights to petition their local government on matters of local concern.