U.S.: Tension in the Court

ABA Journal: "As the U.S. Supreme Court enters the busy month of June, when it releases the final block of its decisions, there is a sense that the justices have succeeded in keeping their merits docket relatively low-key this term."

N.D. will turn vet MPs into police officers with just 2 weeks of training

Military Times: "The North Dakota National Guard struck a deal recently with the North Dakota Peace Officer Standards and Training Board to offer certain military police officers a partial training waiver."

Minn.: Appeals court rules MN School of Business, Globe U must repay high-interest loans

MPR News: "The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled that Globe University and the Minnesota School of Business must pay back students who took out millions of dollars in high-interest loans."

Court computer network maintenance set for Tuesday evening

The court system's computers will experience some outages as work is being performed by ITD on the court’s network circuits on Tuesday, June 4 beginning at 6:30 p.m. The work should be completed by 8:30 p.m. All court systems will experience some form of downtime during this period.

19th Amendment passed a century ago today

G.F. Herald: "A century ago today, on June 4, 1919, Congress passed a resolution in support of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which would give women the right to vote."

Barnes County clerk's office to be closed Thursday

On Thursday, June 6, the Barnes County Clerk of Court's office will be closed all day.

U.S.: Blackbeard's famed pirate ship, grounded three centuries ago, sails toward Supreme Court

USA Today: "The Supreme Court is digging into a dispute over a sunken pirate ship captained three centuries ago by the legendary pirate Blackbeard. The case, to be heard in the court's next term beginning in October, pits North Carolina against a video production company documenting the salvaging of the shipwreck."

U.S.: Clarence Thomas questions sources of retirement rumors

CNN: "Justice Clarence Thomas' booming voice filled the Supreme Court chamber Monday afternoon, as he took time off from the last month of the term to give a wide-ranging talk and publicly question where the rumors of his retirement come from."

Panel rejects appeal by drug kingpin convicted of murder

Bismarck Tribune: "A federal circuit court has rejected the appeal of a Minnesota man convicted of running a wide-ranging methamphetamine operation and ordering the killing of a man in North Dakota."

Minn.: Minding the gap … in equality

St. Thomas Newsroom: "Nine years ago, the Minnesota Women Lawyers organization created a Parity Task Force to evaluate the position of women lawyers in the state. The task force (which eventually morphed into the Minnesota Women Lawyers Equity Committee) wanted to identify barriers to parity."