North Dakota honors fallen officers at memorial service

Bismarck Tribune: "A bell rang 64 times near the North Dakota Peace Officers Memorial on the state Capitol grounds on Wednesday, each time proceeding the reading of the name of a law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty since 1882."

U.S.: Navigating the immigration court system in the rural mountain West

NPR News: "The backlog in U.S. immigration courts is now over 850,000 cases long. People can wait years for their hearings. And that can be a long time to pay for a lawyer and to make appearances in court. Both of these things can be much harder for immigrants living in rural and mountainous parts of the West."

Montana Supreme Court upholds 1882 right

Billings Gazette: "The Montana Supreme Court has upheld the oldest water right on Flatwillow Creek, dating back to 1882, according to an opinion filed on Tuesday."

Job Announcement

Job announcements for two Assistant United States Attorney vacancies with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of North Dakota have been posted.

Abortion restrictions? Partisan election maps? Same-sex wedding cakes? Supreme Court has heard it all before

USA Today: "Same-sex wedding cakes are on the menu at the Supreme Court. Again. So are partisan election maps. And naughty trademarks. And an abortion restriction the high court struck down three years ago."

MN Court of Appeals: Campaign disclosure requirement not a violation of free speech

MPR News: "The Minnesota Court of Appeals has rejected Hennepin County Sheriff Dave Hutchinson’s assertion that requiring candidates to place a disclaimer on their political ads violates their free speech rights."

N.D. Attorney General opinion: May 14

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has issued an opinion that a city may not enact an ordinance similar to or identical to a state criminal law unless given specific statutory authority to regulate that area.

U.S.: Justice Breyer's warning and other things we learned at the Supreme Court Monday

CNN: "As the Supreme Court rounds the final turns of the term, Justice Stephen Breyer seemed to launch a warning towards his conservative colleagues in an opinion released Monday. Be very careful before you overturn precedent, he said."

Minnesota’s new corrections commissioner fuels hope on both sides of the bars

Duluth News Tribune: "Paul Schnell let out a warm smile as he greeted a class full of some of Minnesota’s most dangerous men. The new state corrections commissioner struck up candid conversations with several inmates during a visit to the maximum security prison in Oak Park Heights earlier this month."

Job Announcement

A job announcement for a Deputy Clerk of District Court in Bismarck has been posted.