Former judge of the Leelanau Probate Court Elizabeth Weaver is fighting a lonely battle for openness on the the Michigan Supreme Court.

Weaver is locked in a bitter dispute with her four fellow Republicans on the court over whether or not she will be allowed to say why she believes her fellow justices should have disqualified themselves in a recent case, according to this column by George Weeks in the Record-Eagle.

We tend to agree with dean of Michigan political columnists and Glen Arbor resident Weeks that "anyone advocating the bright light of public scrutiny is to be applauded."