Notice of Comment/Hearing (comments due September 16, 2019)

Proposed Amendments to the North Dakota Rules of Juvenile Procedure

U.S.: Can states change the electoral college ahead of 2020? Supreme Court may have to decide

Los Angeles Times: "Heading into what looks to be a hard-fought presidential election, the Supreme Court will likely be asked to resolve a lingering but fundamental question about the creaky, little-understood electoral college system adopted in 1787."

U.S.: Supreme Court to grapple with constitutional right to an insanity defense

Washington Times: "Kraig Kahler says he spiraled out of control when he learned his wife was having an affair with a woman, and despite seeing mental health professionals, he refused to take the anti-anxiety and depression pills they prescribed."

U.S.: Ginsburg appears strong during first speech since latest cancer revelation

CNN: "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, making her first public appearance since it was announced that she had undergone recent treatment for pancreatic cancer, appeared strong Monday when she accepted an honorary degree from the University at Buffalo."

U.S. District Court to host naturalization ceremony in Fargo

The United States District Court for the District of North Dakota announces that a ceremony for the naturalization of new citizens will be held in Fargo on Wednesday, Aug. 28, at 11 a.m.

New opinion: Aug. 26

The Supreme Court has issued one new opinion.

Revered from left and right, she’ll soon be Canada’s longest-serving judge

Los Angeles Times: "Newspaper publisher Conrad Black, who disagrees with just about everything she does and believes, says, 'she would get my vote as an ecumenical saint.' Alan Dershowitz, who disagrees with only most of what she does and believes, says he would 'trade her for two American Supreme Court justices.'"

U.S. Supreme Court: Ginsburg treated for tumor on pancreas

Associated Press: "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has completed radiation therapy for a cancerous tumor on her pancreas and there is no evidence of the disease remaining, the Supreme Court said Friday."

8th Circuit: Christian couple can sue over Minnesota same-sex marriage video law

Reuters: "A federal appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit by a Minnesota couple challenging a state law requiring that their video production company film same-sex weddings, which they say violates their Christian beliefs."

Seventh Circuit guts FTC’s powers -- Setting up Supreme Court showdown

Courthouse News Service: "Breaking with eight other circuits, the Seventh Circuit ruled Wednesday that the Federal Trade Commission lacks authority to seek restitution from companies that defraud consumers, and vacated a $5 million judgment against a credit-monitoring company."