this is one of those things where canadian law is exactly the opposite - we have no provincial criminal code at all, all criminal cases are prosecuted at the federal level, and commercial issues of the sort referenced are dealt with by the provinces.

if ontario tried to pass legislation banning fgm under jail time, the same thing would happen. so, i understand the ruling.

but, shouldn't the attorney general in michigan immediately take over the case, then?

this is very much the kind of nightmare scenario that leftists imagine when they warn about the dangers of "religious freedom". there has to be some way out of essentially condoning this as an allowable religious practice.

they should have just charged her with assault with a deadly weapon.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2018/11/20/female-genital-mutilation-michigan/1991712002/