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Supreme Court suspends remote access to court records
Effective Jan. 8, 2020, the Supreme Court has temporarily suspended remote online access to court records by anonymous users. This includes remote access to district court documents and expanded remote access to Supreme Court documents.New director aims to help North Dakota Ethics Commission make rules
Dickinson Press: "The North Dakota Ethics Commission has a new executive director who says he will try to help navigate the board through the choppy waters ahead."Dakota Datebook: Early attempts at suffrage
Prairie Public: "The attempt to pass woman’s suffrage in the Dakota Territory was first made in 1868 and 1869 as one of the earliest of its kind in the United States."
U.S.: Supreme Court seems favorable to religious education funding
Associated Press: "The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared ready Wednesday to reinvigorate a Montana scholarship program and make it easier to use public money to pay for religious schooling in many states."Indian Child Welfare Act considered by en banc Fifth Circuit
Courthouse News Service: "A full 16-judge panel at the Fifth Circuit heard arguments Wednesday in a case that challenges a 1978 law that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings involving children who are identified as belonging to a Native American tribe."Job Announcement - Deputy Clerk
A job announcement for a Deputy Clerk with the District Court in Jamestown has been posted.Job Announcement - Electronic Court Recorder
A job announcement for an Electronic Court Recorder with the District Court in Watford City has been posted.
Judge Traynor takes seat on U.S. District Court bench
On Jan. 13, President Donald J. Trump signed the commission formally appointing Daniel Mack Traynor as United States District Judge for the District of North Dakota. North Dakota Supreme Court Justice Gerald VandeWalle gave the oath of office to Judge Traynor.Dakota Datebook: The Coal Lands Act of 1909
Prairie Public: "On this date in 1909, the Golden Valley Chronicle alerted readers to a bill pending in Congress that would deny mineral rights to homesteaders."