Robert P. Young Jr. | |
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68th Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court | |
In office January 5, 2011 – January 6, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Marilyn Kelly |
Succeeded by | Stephen Markman |
Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court | |
In office December 30, 1998 – April 17, 2017 | |
Appointed by | John Engler |
Preceded by | Conrad Mallett |
Succeeded by | Kurtis T. Wilder |
Judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals | |
In office 1995 – December 30, 1998 | |
Appointed by | John Engler |
Personal details | |
Born | Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. | June 13, 1951
Political party | Republican |
Education | Harvard University (BA, JD) |
Robert P. Young Jr. (born June 13, 1951) is a former justice of the Michigan Supreme Court.[1] Young was first appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court in 1999, elected in 2000 and 2002, and again won reelection in 2010 for a term ending in 2019. Justice Young announced he would be retiring from the court at the end of April 2017.[2] Young is a self-described judicial traditionalist or textualist. In June 2017, Young announced his intentions to run against Debbie Stabenow in the 2018 senate race,[3] but later dropped out saying he could not raise enough money for his campaign.[4]