About the Author

Chief Justice Elizabeth A. Weaver (retired 2010) served nearly 36 years on the bench: twelve years as a probate/juvenile judge in Leelanau County; eight years as a Court of Appeals judge, and nearly sixteen years as a justice (two as chief justice) on the Michigan Supreme Court. She was elected and re-elected-never appointed-by the people of Michigan to each judgeship. This daughter of New Orleans came north to pursue her dream of helping young people through education, justice, and law. She made her home in Glen Arbor along the shores of Lake Michigan, where she worked in a private school (teaching French and serving as a dean of women students), in a public school (teaching first grade), as an attorney, and as a judge and justice. As a member of the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame (inducted 2005), Weaver was recognized as "the people's justice" for her integrity and devotion to the law. An advocate for the open and transparent administration of justice in the courts, she was known for her principled stands against ideology and political chicanery on the bench-against misuse and abuse of government power. Her motto was "Do Right and Fear Not." Chief Justice Weaver died at her beloved home April 21, 2015. David B. Schock, Ph.D., is a former newspaper reporter and editor, and university and college professor. He earned his doctorate under the direction of Dr. Russell Kirk, perhaps America's leading conservative thinker and historian of ideas. Schock also is an award-winning documentary filmmaker
who specializes in chronicling unsolved homicides. He is
best known for Who Killed Janet Chandler?, a 2004 film about the 25-year-old unsolved homicide of a Hope College student. The film led to the formation of a cold-case team that spent the next 18 months cracking the case. Six people are now in prison as a result. He also is the auteur of Jack in the Box, Finding Diane, Into the Dark, Death of a Phoenix, and Heritage Hill Bride. His website, www.delayedjustice.com, lists many of Michigan's unsolved homicides. He also makes films about poets including Jump Back Honey: The Poetry and Performance of Herbert Woodward Martin, StarbyStar: Naomi Long Madgett, Poet & Publisher, and Strong Words: The Art of Toi Derricotte. Schock also is an active jazz trumpet player.