Nancy, can you comment on the proposed court reform plan in Michigan? I realize the Nat’l Review is right wing and have no idea about what the Mackinac policy center is, but I have no idea if this is fact or opinion.

The Mackinac Institute is well to the right of the National Review.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25944305/

an excerpt

An enormous alligator, dubbed “Big Joe” by residents, attacked Funck, biting off his arm at the shoulder and sparking a scramble to save the boy’s life. Funck and two friends from Slidell, Louisiana, about 20 miles northeast of New Orleans, had trudged half a mile to a small pond called Crystal Lake for a swim Wednesday afternoon. The towels, toys and other gear that still dotted the beach Thursday testified to the spot’s popularity with area kids.

“It’s an ideal pond to swim in, clean, beautiful,” said Howard McCrea, 61, the St. Tammany Parish deputy and nuisance alligator hunter who caught the animal that attacked Funck. “But it’s kind of a hike to get to it, and there is no supervision there.” People living in the area know about the alligators that swim in the three small lakes and waterways around their houses. They especially knew about Big Joe, the 11-foot-long, 500-pound gator that swam in Crystal Lake. But, they weren’t especially worried — alligator attacks in Louisiana are rare and usually the injuries are not serious. Only 13 fatalities were recorded nationally since 2000, and none was in Louisiana.