Steele County clerk’s office will be closed March 17

The Steele County Clerk of Court’s office will be closed from 1-4:30 p.m. today, March 17.

North Dakota second graders on a mission to change bike helmet laws

KX News: "North Dakota has no laws that require children to wear bike helmets, but one local second grade class is working to change that."

USD law professor edits journal focused on agriculture policy

Yankton Press and Dakotan: "Thomas Horton, a professor of law and the Heidepriem Trial Advocacy Fellow at the University of South Dakota School of Law, served as guest editor of the winter issue of Competition Policy International’s journal Antitrust Chronicle."

Order of Adoption

Administrative Order 25 – Coronavirus Pandemic

Dakota Datebook: Partial suffrage, part 2

Prairie Public: "On this date in 1920, women in North Dakota were able to participate in their first presidential primary, thanks to the passage of partial suffrage in the state legislature."

U.S. Supreme Court postpones arguments because of virus outbreak

Associated Press: "The Supreme Court announced Monday that it is postponing arguments for late March and early April because of the coronavirus, including fights over subpoenas for President Donald Trump’s financial records."

Farewell coffee to honor Judge Hagerty, Ronda Colby March 13

A farewell coffee reception for retiring South Central Judicial District Judge Gail Hagerty and court reporter Ronda Colby will be held on Friday, March 13, at 3 p.m. at the Burleigh County Courthouse.

Judge Weiler investiture ceremony postponed

The investiture ceremony for new South Central Judicial District Judge Bobbi Weiler, originally scheduled for March 19, has been postponed. The ceremony will be rescheduled to a date and time to be determined.

U.S. Supreme Court’s closure could be first disease-related shuttering in a century

SCOTUSblog: "On Thursday, the Supreme Court announced that it would close its doors to the public 'until further notice' '[o]ut of concern for the health and safety of the public and Supreme Court employees.'"

S.D. Supreme Court gives judges authority to modify operations

U.S. News: "The South Dakota Supreme Court has issued an order declaring a judicial emergency because of the new coronavirus."