Tuesday, November 14, 2023
D.P. Dough makes its debut in Stillwater Raynee Howell Staff Reporter
creating dough-wrapped goodness like D.P. Dough. The new franchise location opened recently at 524 West 6th Ave. As an avid calzone lover, I jumped Many Italian restaurants have at the chance to try D.P. Dough. When calzones, but none of them specialize in I walked in, I looked over their clas-
sic calzone menu. Never in my life had I seen so many different options for a calzone. The classic menu included the Combat Zone, the Cowboy Zone, the Cheeseburg Zone, the Maui Wowi, the Spinner Zone, the BBQ Chicken Zone,
the Ranch Buffer Zone, the Chicken ParmaZone, the Cheese Zone and lastly, the Roni Zoni. That was not all. See D.P. Dough on 7
Biden, Trump, 8 others make initial Michigan presidential primary ballot list Craig Mauger The Detroit News
Tribune News Service The Supreme Court on Monday issued a code of conduct for itself for the first time, but it conceded the rules are “not new” and simply restate the principles it says its justices have long followed.
Supreme Court’s ‘not new’ ethics code largely codifies existing judiciary rules David G. Savage Los Angeles Times
justices remains free to decide for themselves whether particular gifts or travels cross a line and are prohibited. All federal judges already follow the same code of conduct, but unlike WASHINGTON — The Supreme the justices, they may face an investigation or even a reprimand for an ethics Court on Monday issued a code of violation. conduct for itself for the first time, but University of Virginia law profesit conceded the rules are “not new” and sor Amanda Frost called Monday’s ansimply restate the principles it says its nouncement “a small but significant step justices have long followed. in the right direction. I am heartened The announcement said the justices hoped the code would “dispel this that all nine signed onto a statement making clear that certain conduct is not misunderstanding” that they “regard themselves as unrestricted by any ethics permissible, such as speaking before a group that has a substantial financial rules.” interest in a case before the court.” But this modest effort is unlikely But there is “no acknowledgment to end the controversy created by Justice of past transgressions, no enforcement Clarence Thomas and his free luxury vacations, paid for by Texas real estate mechanism and no guarantee of increased transparency or accountability,” billionaire Harlan Crow. she said. That’s because there is still no The Supreme Court has mainenforcement mechanism behind the court’s code of conduct, and each of the tained that its justices are independent and are not subject to oversight from
outside authorities—or even from other members of the court. Some ethics experts have argued that the justices as a group should sometimes decide whether one of them has a conflict of interest that would call for stepping aside in a particular case. For example, the court last year was called upon to decide whether the White House could be forced to turn over emails and other documents to the National Archives and the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Thomas’s wife, Ginni, is a conservative activist and had sent emails to Trump’s chief of staff urging him to keep fighting Biden’s election victory. It appeared more of her emails could be revealed if the disclosures were not blocked by the court. But Thomas did not step aside from ruling on the case. He dissented alone when the appeal was turned down. See Rules on 6
LANSING, Mich. — President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and their challengers from both sides of the aisle are slated to make Michigan’s Feb. 27 primary ballot under candidate lists unveiled Monday by Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s office. Under state law, Benson, a Democrat, had until 4 p.m. to release initial lists of candidates for president recognized by the national media to appear on the ballot for the primary. Benson included Trump, the front runner for the Republican nomination, amid ongoing lawsuits over his eligibility. In a statement, Benson said she was following the requirements of Michigan law. “Barring a court order, these candidates will be included on Michigan’s presidential primary ballot in 2024 unless they withdraw their names from consideration,” the secretary of state said. Benson’s list of Democratic candidates featured Biden, the incumbent who’s seeking a second term in the White House; U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota, and author Marianne Williamson, a former Metro Detroit resident who also ran for president in 2020. On the GOP side, Benson’s list had seven candidates: Trump, who lost to Biden in 2020; former New Jersey Gov.
Chris Christie; Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis; former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley; former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson; North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum; and Ohio businessman Vivek Ramaswamy. The standard to make the secretary of state’s lists for the presidential primary ballot is simple. State law says she must include individuals “generally advocated by the national news media to be potential presidential candidates.” The chairs of the Michigan Democratic Party and the Republican Party have the chance to add additional candidates by submitting their own lists by 4 p.m. Tuesday. Candidates can withdraw from the primary ballot until Dec. 8, and anyone else who hopes to make the primary ballot, such as someone who joins the race later, must file about 14,000 petition signatures by Dec. 8. There are three ongoing legal battles in Michigan over whether Trump’s name should appear on the state’s ballot. The cases are pending before Judge James Robert Redford in the state Court of Claims. Opponents of the former president have argued he should be disqualified under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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