Federal executions brought back after 16-year limbo

Courthouse News Service: "Federal inmates on death row will be executed for the first time since 2003, Attorney General William Barr announced Thursday, championing the return to capital punishment as a way to bring 'justice to victims of the most horrific crimes.'"

UND to hold reception to welcome new law dean McGinniss

The University of North Dakota School of Law will hold a welcome program and reception with new Dean Michael McGinniss on August 23.

Dakota Datebook: Judge John Sad

Prairie Public: "Norwegians make up one of the larger ethnic groups in North Dakota, with almost 1 in 3 boasting Norwegian heritage as of 2009. That’s the highest percentage in the country. This is no surprise, as Norwegians have been immigrating to North Dakota since the late 1800s."

U.S.: Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, at 86, dreams of serving many more years

USA Today: "Supreme Court Associate Justice and liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg has a message for friends and foes alike: She hopes to serve many more years."

Nation: Prisons resort to video for psychiatric care

MPR News: "As more and more people in prison need mental health care, more and more prison systems are turning to telepsychiatry. It’s basically a video psychiatry appointment, a doctor’s visit via Skype or FaceTime."

Flags at half-staff Tuesday to honor late Supreme Court justice

Bismarck Tribune: "Gov. Doug Burgum has directed all government agencies to fly the U.S. and North Dakota flags at half-staff on Tuesday to honor retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens."

Ruling involving newborn's death from South Dakota mom's drug use could have profound implications

G.F. Herald: "The reversal of a federal court decision to dismiss manslaughter charges against a Sisseton woman could have wide-ranging implications and will likely be back before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit."

U.S.: Ex-Marine, professor, MLB draft pick among high court clerks

Associated Press: "A former Marine who deployed twice to Afghanistan. A patent law professor. A woman who’s blind. Two Rhodes scholars. They’re among the lawyers starting work this summer as law clerks at the Supreme Court."

Nation: More than 3,000 prisoners released under First Step Act

CBS News: "Freedom came Friday for more than 3,000 people. They were released from prisons and halfway houses across the country under the First Step Act signed into law by the president last year."

Job Announcement

A job announcement for a Contract Attorney with the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents in the Northeast Central Judicial District has been posted.