- Publication Date
- 2021
- Abstract
- "The University of Michigan categorically bans the possession of all firearms on campus. The University of Michigan is, without question, a special kind of constitutional institution. Within the confines of its operation and pedagogical mission it is supreme. Outside those confines, however, it is subject to the Constitution and laws of the State of Michigan. The University may not contravene clearly established rights when managing outside the sphere of the institution's unique competence. Operating outside that sphere, the University is a public corporation like any other and subject to the State's firearm preemption statute.
The purpose of the preemption statute is to avoid the inherent problem of patchwork regulations operating differently in substantially similar localities. Allowing preemption statutes to control firearm regulation ensures equal protection under the law, especially for historically underserved populations. This Court should enforce the Michigan firearm preemption statute and prevent the University of Michigan from substituting the Regents' will for that of the People." - Recommended Citation
- Brief of Amici Curiae Firearms Policy Coalition and Firearms Policy Foundation in Support of Plaintiff-Appellant, Wade v. Univ. of Mich., 981 N.W.2d 56 (Mich. 2020).
