infractions, MCL 257.675c(1), and may only assert an “affirmative defense” if the vehicle was “in the possession of a person whom the owner had not knowingly permitted to operate the vehicle,” MCL 257.675e(2). The statute applies to both statutory violations and violations of “a local ordinance prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing, or parking of a vehicle ....” MCL 257.675c(1). 43 At the end of his testimony before the JTC, respondent acknowledged that he “should have” presented his defense to a visiting judge. 44 The oath of office respondent took requires him to “solemnly swear” to support the Constitution and to “faithfully discharge the duties of” a district court judge. See MCL 168.467j; Const 1963, art 11, § 1. 45 In re Noecker, 472 Mich 1, 13; 691 NW2d 440 (2005) (<HOLDING>). 46 While the citations and charges were
holding that bankruptcy judges are not bound by appellate ruhngs of single district judges even those from their own district holding that district judges power to review magistrate judges actions prevents article iii from being undermined by such delegations holding that resigntorun requirement in delaware judges code of judicial conduct did not violate first amendment interests of judges holding that a judges conduct seriously undermined the publics faith that judges are as subject to the law as those who appear before them and justified removal from office holding that the court may not overturn the administrative law judges factual findings as long as they are supported by competent substantial evidence