Talk:Bill Schuette

Pronunciation of "Schuette"
"Schuette" is pronounced: "SHOO-(t)ee".

It is a German style-pronunciation, not French.

A pronunciation passage should be added to the article.

72.82.160.208 (talk) 06:43, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Well except its a long "e" on the end instead of a schwa as it would be in German. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.69.219.230 (talk) 15:28, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

NPOV
This article has some serious NPOV issues (seems more negative than warranted) and seems to focus way too much on medical marijuana.Pcsmith (talk) 18:46, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

The article is probably too kind to Mr. Schuette. In addition to the medical marijuana issue he has aggressively litigated the gay marriage issue at great expense to the state even though it was clearly going to be resolved the way it ultimately was decided. He has urged state sanctions again Iran, knowing or should be knowing that foreign policy is not the purview of the states. There is a clear pattern of appealing to the very conservative base of the Republican party in Michigan in furtherance of his further political ambitions. The sanctions issue was presented in the Detroit Free Press on September 2, 2015.2602:306:C50B:B80:6D71:E2BD:EE81:DE71 (talk) 22:28, 2 September 2015 (UTC)NM Charness

Edit request
Bill Schuette is the first Attorney General of any state to fine a farmer $700,000.00 for raising heritage pigs.

Meeron (talk) 18:38, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. And please detail the change you are requesting in a "please change X to Y" degree of detail. Thanks, Celestra (talk) 22:19, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Controversies
Schuette has used the "emergency appeal" in attempts to block straight ticket voting and same-sex marriage. This is a controversial use of legal procedures that leave many of his opponents thinking that he is pushing a personal agenda while his supporters believe that he is working to protect essential American values. It's hard to find quotes or sources on this without them being from a partisan news source, I've been unable to find the documents of the actual appeals. Are there any suggestions on finding these? 4 Schroffb (talk) 03:41, 20 September 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Schroffb (talk • contribs) 00:19, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

Flint Water Crisis
This add seems out of place and without context just looks politically bias. In January 2017, Schuette was admonished by Eastern District of United States of Michigan Judge David M. Lawson for attempting to file an amicus brief taking an opposite position than Schuette originally took. Judge Lawson said it injected a "troubling ethical issue into [the] lawsuit" and it suggested "superficial posturing" on behalf of Schuette. [12]

A section on the Flint Water Crisis would fix the issue. Tachyonbeammeup (talk) 02:44, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

Suggested:

Flint Water Crisis

The Flint water crisis began in 2014 when the Flint River became the drinking water source for the city of Flint, Michigan. Due to insufficient water treatment, over 100,000 residents were potentially exposed to high levels of lead in the drinking water. A federal state of emergency was declared in January, 2016 and Flint residents were instructed to use only bottle or filtered water for drinking and bathing.

On January 25, 2016 Schuette announced he would investigate the Flint Water Crisis, selecting former Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor Todd Flood and former Detroit FBI Bureau Director Andrew Arena to lead his special investigation. Schuette walled off the investigative team he established from the Department of Attorney General, which is tasked with defending the Governor and Michigan executive branch departments (including the Departments of Health and Human Resources and Environmental Quality).

On April 20, 2016 Schuette filed charges against one City of Flint employee and two State of Michigan employees. Schuette's next action was a civil lawsuit against French water giant Veolia and Texas-based LAN, alleging that the two water companies made the Flint Water Crisis worse. . Schuette then charged six current or former state employees in the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services or the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, including the former state water chief, alleging that they hid the reports of lead in the blood of Flint children.

Of the nine charged, two accepted plea deals and the others are awaiting trial.

The most recent round of charges were leveled in the Flint Water Crisis were against former Flint Emergency Managers Darnell Earley and Gerald Ambrose, both appointed by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder. Schuette also charged ex-City of Flint executives Howard Croft and Daugherty Johnson with felony charges of false pretenses and conspiracy to commit false pretenses related to their roles in a process that led to the issuance bonds to pay for a portion of the KWA water project. During the press conference announcing the charges against the Emergency Managers, Schuette described “a fixation on finances and balance sheets” as at the root of what happened in Flint. .

In January of 2017, Schuette filed an amicus brief in the court of Eastern District of United States of Michigan Judge David M. Lawson, in favor of the Concerned Pastors for Social Action ruling that Lawson had previously made, which would force the State of Michigan to resume water delivery to Flint homes. Lawson, appointed by President Bill Clinton, admonished Schuette, saying that Schuette was taking the opposite position than previous filings by the Attorney General's office and saying the amicus brief "injected a "troubling ethical issue into [the] lawsuit" and it suggested "superficial posturing" on behalf of Schuette. [12] Schuette responded saying the type brief he sought to file is “rarely controversial,” and his would have supported an earlier order Lawson made in the case requiring bottled water delivery. Schuette maintains the "conflict wall" established in January of 2016 means that any brief filed by the portion of his office representing the Governor or executive agencies would not have been reviewed or approved by him.

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