A look back at 2019: A tale of two terms?

SCOTUSblog: "Any review of a calendar year at the Supreme Court necessarily includes two different terms: the term that ends in June and the new one that begins in October and will run into the following year."

Banished native women fight tribal leaders in federal court

NPR News: "Four women from the nation's second largest Indian reservation have turned to the federal court system after they were banished by tribal leadership last year."

Order of Adoption

Amendments to N.D.R.App.P. 14

U.S.: 9 Supreme Court cases that shaped the 2010s

Vox: "If you want to understand what the Supreme Court became in the last decade, consider a 2012 study by University of California, Irvine law professor Rick Hasen. Between 1975 and 1990, Hasen found that Congress enacted 'an average of twelve overrides of Supreme Court cases in each two-year Congressional term.'"

Minnesota Court of Appeals overturns revenge porn law

MPR News: "The Minnesota Court of Appeals has overturned a state law that makes it illegal to disseminate private sexual images of someone without their permission, arguing it’s overbroad and a violation of First Amendment rights."

Courthouses to close for Christmas holiday

The Supreme Court and all county courthouses will be closed Dec. 25, Christmas Day. On Dec. 24, the Supreme Court and most country courthouses will close at noon. Courthouses in Adams, Barnes, Benson, Bottineau, Bowman, Cavalier, Dickey, Divide, Grand Forks, Golden Valley, Morton, Oliver, Pembina, Pierce, Ramsey, Rolette, Steele, Stutsman, Towner, and Traill counties will be closed all day Dec. 24.

State Supreme Court clerk retiring after 31 years

Bismarck Tribune: "The woman who is just the fourth clerk of the North Dakota Supreme Court is retiring at the end of the year. Penny Miller took the position July 1, 1992, and has seen the office and the state's court system through many changes."

Does juvenile crime peak during the holidays in North Dakota?

KX News: "From 2017 to 2018, juvenile crime went down 5 percent statewide. 10,089 kids under 18 were referred to their local court for any sort of crime."

New opinion: Dec. 20

The Supreme Court has issued a new opinion.

Senate confirms Traynor as new federal judge in North Dakota

Bismarck Tribune: "The U.S. Senate has confirmed Devils Lake attorney Daniel Traynor to serve as federal judge in North Dakota, according to U.S. Sens. John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer."