Miscellaneous

Jacket Required

By Anne Skove, Esq.

Courts try to make sure participants look their best -- or at least passable. Signage, flyers, and straight talk send out the message: No Shoes, No Shirt, No Trial.

Now Michigan's highest court will answer the question: can judges dictate how witnesses dress?

The case at hand involves a Muslim woman who refused to remove her veil for religious reasons vs. a judge who cites the confrontation clause. (Antigone, anyone?)

Michigan's large Muslim population makes this something more than a lone test case. See Michigan Supreme Court Considers Dress Rule, AP, Chicago Tribune (May 11, 2009).

Full post as published by court-o-rama.org on May 11, 2009 (boomark / email).