Michelle MacDonald v. Steve Simon, Minnesota Secretary of State

Summary

The court denied MacDonald’s petition seeking placement on the ballot for associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. It held that a person whose Minnesota law license is suspended is not “learned in the law” and therefore is constitutionally ineligible for judicial office under Article VI, Section 5. Because MacDonald was constitutionally ineligible, the court did not need to decide her challenge to the statutory licensing-proof requirement.