More Idiocy in Detroit - Mike Shedlock - Townhall Finance ...

On Friday, a Michigan Circuit Judge Rosemarie Aquilina ruled?Detroit bankruptcy is unconstitutional.?

?On Friday, a circuit court judge in Ingham County ruled that Detroit's federal bankruptcy filing violated a part of Michigan's constitution that protects union pensions. She ordered it withdrawn, a day after Detroit became the largest U.S. city in history to file for chapter nine bankruptcy.?

Judge Rosemary Aquilina also said the filing did not honor President Barack Obama's work for the city, who she said "took [Detroit's auto companies] out of bankruptcy." Aquilina said she would send a copy of her order to Obama.?

?It?s cheating, sir, and it?s cheating good people who work,? the judge told assistant Attorney General Brian Devlin. ?It?s also not honoring the (United States) president, who took (Detroit?s auto companies) out of bankruptcy.?

The Detroit News reported "attorneys representing the pension boards hurried into Aquilina?s court to ask for a restraining order" on July 18, but Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) and Detroit's emergency manager Kevin Orr "beat them by a few minutes" in filing for bankruptcy. The filing did not deter lawyers for union pension boards, who can use "court maneuvers to slow down federal bankruptcy proceedings."

Source: http://townhall.com/columnists/mikeshedlock/2013/07/22/more-idiocy-in-detroit-n1645929

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