MichMash: Who’s ‘Over The Line’ In Dispute Between AG Schuette, Civil Rights Commission?

Jake Neher and Cheyna Roth channel their favorite characters from ‘The Big Lebowski’ to help explain the situation.

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The saga of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission versus Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette continues. 

The commission, which handles civil rights complaints and investigates those claims, will continue to take cases from people who feel discriminated against based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. That’s despite an opinion from Schuette saying the commission was out-of-bounds when it decided to start taking those cases.

As part of their weekly series MichMash, Jake Neher and Cheyna Roth talk about how this issue could have sweeping implications for all Michiganders.

 

To help explain the situation, Neher and Roth channel the characters The Dude and Walter from The Big Lebowski to delve into claims from both sides that the other is “over the line.”

Click on the audio player above to hear that conversation.

Neher and Roth talked about this issue back in July 2017 and about the economic implications of more inclusive civil rights policies and laws in Michigan. 

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Authors

  • Cheyna Roth is the co-host and creator of WDET's state politics podcast, MichMash. She has been an audio journalist for almost a decade, covering major events like presidential elections, college scandals, the Michigan Legislature and more, appearing on NPR and across Michigan public radio stations. Cheyna is also a senior producer and podcast host for Slate.com, having produced and hosted shows like Political Gabfest, The Waves, and What Next TBD. Also an author, Cheyna has written two true crime books and her written work has appeared in Broadly, Slate, and MLive, among others.
  • Jake Neher is senior producer for Detroit Today and host of MichMash for 101.9 WDET. He previously reported on the Michigan Legislature for the Michigan Public Radio Network.